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Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 9: As India and Pakistan continue in their war of words, the Peoples Democratic Party Patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called for de-escalation of tension between India and Pakistan to prevent the new threats from endangering the region's security and stability.
In a statement Sayeed made it clear that the two countries have no choice but to find a joint solution to their problems including that of terrorism. "In this challenging scenario, sub-continent's security and stability would largely depend on how the leadership of India and Pakistan confronts the intricate situation developing in the region," he said.
Asserting that war provided no solution to the crisis created by the tragic Mumbai terror attacks, Sayeed said the political leadership of the two nuclear neighbors must keep channels of communication open to redeem the faith their respective countries have placed in their wisdom. "We have seen in our neighborhood how use of force had intensified violence in and around Afghanistan rather than solving any problems in the region", he pointed out.
Mufti said Jammu & Kashmir had been a victim of unsettled political atmosphere in South Asia for the last six decades. Any fresh hostilities would result only in further pain and agony for us, he said and added it was a tragic irony that the latest war hysteria was coming at a time when people of Jammu and Kashmir had once again rejected violence as a political instrument.
PDP patron said action needed to be taken against those who harmed innocent civilians in any manner and every state had a duty towards its citizens and expressed hope that diplomatic efforts would prove effective to bring culprits to book and retrieve peace process between India and Pakistan.
"Renewed efforts are needed, both within the State and in Delhi to carry forward the process of reconciliation between political aspirations of the State and its developmental needs," Sayeed said and added that the developmental initiatives have to be supplemented with adequate political input to have an impact on the ground. "For PDP, securing political and economic rights of the people of Jammu & Kashmir is paramount to all other considerations," he said.
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