HOA Conference provides another opportunity to India & Pak to

Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said the 'Heart of Asia Conference' provides another opportunity to India and Pakistan to re-initiate the dialogue and reconciliation process and move towards resolution of Kashmir issue.

"The Heart of Asia Conference scheduled to be held at Amritsar provides another opportunity to the Indian and Pakistan leadership to restore confidence and re-initiate the process of dialogue and reconciliation and move ahead on the resolution of Kashmir dispute," Mirwaiz said in a statement here.

The Hurriyat chairman asked the Centre to give up "its obduracy and stubbornness" and initiate meaningful and result-oriented steps for the resolution of all pending issues between the two countries including "the all important Kashmir dispute".
 

Mirwaiz said confrontation and war would lead both countries nowhere and only aggravate the suffering of Kashmiri people.

"Dialogue and engagement are the best means of resolving disputes. It is incumbent upon New Delhi to accept the reality, instead of engaging in altercations," he added.

Mirwaiz said the unresolved Kashmir dispute is the major threat to peace and prosperity, political stability and fast-track development of not only Jammu Kashmir but India, Pakistan and entire South Asia.