Khar arrives in India: hopes 2 countries can move forward
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New Delhi: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday met All Party Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farrooq, veteran leader of APHC faction Syed Ali Shah Geelani and other Kashmiri leaders here on the eve of FM-level talks between two arch rivals.
Pakistan’s first woman foreign minister discussed recent development on core issue between two countries with Kashmiri leadership and assured them that Pakistan would continue its moral and diplomatic support to resolve the long awaited dispute.
She said the Kashmiri leadership should be involved in the dialogue on Kashmir to make the process credible and result-oriented.
Earlier Pakistan’s youngest foreign minister arrived here for talks with her Indian counterpart S M Krishna today (Wednesday) hoping the two countries can “move forward” as good neighbors with a stake in each other’s future.
“Hope that these two countries have learnt lessons from history, but are not burdened by history and we can move forward as good, friendly neighbors who have stake in each other’s future and both the countries understand their responsibilities to the region and within the region”, the 34-year-old Khar said on her arrival here.
A host of bilateral issues, including confidence building measures, India’s concerns on terror and Jammu and Kashmir will figure in the talks whose agenda was finalized by the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan during their “preparatory” meeting here on Tuesday.
Peace and dialogue are the only solutions available for India and Pakistan. With peace between the two countries it will be possible also to control the extremists views present on both sides of the border.