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| Omar's plea for dialogue on Kashmir echoes through Krishna's talks with Pak | | | Abid shah
Early Times Report
New Delhi, July 15: If today's talks between India and Pakistan are to be described in a single line then one can only say that they turned out to be an uneasy and yet unavoidable business that was taken up Foreign Ministers of the two countries in Islamabad with little or hardly any results to show for the moment at least.
After hours of interaction between the two dignitaries there was no concrete outcome except a solemn wish for good neighbourly relations and efforts to find a way out of the deep set quagmire that stares the two countries hard in the face.
And since Kashmir too has been cause of tension for long between the two neighbours, the message for the Valley from parleys held in Islamabad is that instead of leaving issues to be decided on the streets, the leaderships of the two countries have a greater responsibility than what has been the case so far. Through a live telecast of a joint Press conference after the talks Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi suggested that the issue of infiltration from his country's side could be dealt through weekly exchanges between the DGMOs - Director Generals of Military Operations -- of the two countries while denying any official or State support from Pakistan to unauthorised cross border movement.
To bolster his case on Kashmir Qureshi cited the wish expressed by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that both countries should have talk over Kashmir among other things besides helping in resumption of dialogue with all stake holders, including separatists, back home.
The recent wave of violent protests in Kashmir were also referred to at today's Press conference where visiting External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said in Islamabad that Jammu and Kashmir had an elected Government reflecting the will of the people of the State. And law and order was an exclusive responsibility of the State Government alone where Federal Government or the Centre could only extend the support and assistance asked by the State Government. As for human rights violations, Krishna pointed out to the internal mechanisms and watchdogs like State and National Human Rights Commission besides a host of voluntary civil society's monitors of human rights.
It turned out through hours of talks today that both India and Pakistan were finding terrorism to be a big menace which ought to be tackled with earnestness and through cooperation. Indian stand on speedier trial for the conspirators of 26/11 was taken well by Pakistan but without a laying down a time frame for the moment. |
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