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Omar on Indo-Pak dialogue: Welcome step, but less chest-thumping please
July 10, 2015
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister reacts to the resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue.
"Resumption of the Indo-Pak dialogue is a welcome development. I only hope that this time it is sustained over the long term for results. We've seen too many breaks in this process to allow today's announcements to excite us much here in the Valley but it's a good first step.
"We expect that in spite of Pakistan not mentioning Kashmir at all, that the issue of Kashmir will receive its due attention going ahead. And a little less chest thumping from spokespersons claiming victory because that's a sure shot way to derail the entire process."
India and Pakistan today decided to revive the stalled dialogue process
and find ways to expedite trial of the Mumbai attack case as both Prime
Ministers agreed to cooperate to eliminate terrorism from South Asia.
Home
minister Rajnath Singh reacts saying the Indo-Pak joint statement was a
sign of positive movement. "The engagement at different levels will
hopefully open new possibilities," the home minister said.
Modi
and Sharif, in their first bilateral talks in over an year, met for
nearly one hour on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) summit and discussed entire gamut of issues between
the two countries.
Significantly, Foreign Secretaries S
Jaishankar and Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry held a joint press meet where they
read out a joint statement on the outcome of the much-anticipated
meeting between the two leaders.
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