Regional National Conference (NC) leader and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah Saturday said that India and Pakistan must move beyond ‘secret talks’ and join the table for open dialogue to resolve all issues including Kashmir.
“NC has always welcomed peace overtures between India and Pakistan. We have always been stating that war is no solution and all issues can be resolved through dialogue,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a party function in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“I don’t want to go into how these two countries are coming closer to each other. What I want to say is that India and Pakistani leadership must move beyond secret talks and join the table for an open dialogue,” Omar said.
The NC leader added that dialogue was the only way to resolve issues including Kashmir. “There are a lot of issues between India and Pakistan.”
On Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioning of PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti, he evaded direct answer saying she is not the only leader who was summoned by probe agencies.
“From Tamil Nadu to J&K, we have observed in the past seven years that leaders opposing the Centre’s policies are being summoned by the agencies. We are ready to face this too,” he added.
(Published 27 March 2021, 09:17 IST)
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