No solution on Kashmir can be acceptable to all: Kasuri

"There can never be a solution which will be acceptable to 100 per cent of the people in Kashmir and in Pakistan. There is never going to be a perfect solution", Kasuri said at a discussion on Indo-Pak relations here.

Recalling that peace talks between the then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had made significant progress, he said solutions can be found only by statesmen and not politicians.

"Politicians are always thinking about the next elections", he said, adding that war is no longer an option between the two neighbouring nations.

"The only way forward for us is to remove misunderstandings and have an open communication. That is the only way forward", Kasuri said.

Having served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007, he has now joined cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's PTI and is heading the party's task force on highlighting the Kashmir dispute.

Stressing on the role of people to people contact between the two nations, he pointed out that there are small but strong lobbies on both sides of the border who try to create differences. (MORE) PTI NIK MM