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India accepts Hurriyat as third party in ‘bilateral’ talks
Sushma says Hurriyat cannot be a party in Pak-India talks
NEW DELHI – India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that India had always maintained that there would be no third party in ‘bilateral talks’ between Pakistan and India.
“The Hurriyat Conference cannot be a party,” she said while responding to National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz’s proposed meeting with Mirwaiz Dr Umer Farooq, Shabbir Shah, Ali Shah Geelani and other Kashmiri leaders at the Pakistan High Commission at New Delhi.
Sartaj already clear to India that he was willing to participate in the adviser-level talks in India but without pre-conditions. Sushma said that the advisers would discuss on terrorism as ‘decided’ in Ufa, Russia. “We made it clear on August 18 no agenda beyond terrorism at talks,” she said.
“Even after terror incidents, we didn’t call off talks as we need to talk about terror,” she said. “Pakistan took three weeks to respond to our proposed meeting draft agenda and added several issues to it,” she told journalists. “Pakistan is running away from talks, which will be held only when we get a reply,” she said.
India accepts Hurriyat as third party in ‘bilateral’ talks
Sushma says Hurriyat cannot be a party in Pak-India talks
- Web Desk
- August 22, 2015, 8:42 pm
NEW DELHI – India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that India had always maintained that there would be no third party in ‘bilateral talks’ between Pakistan and India.
“The Hurriyat Conference cannot be a party,” she said while responding to National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz’s proposed meeting with Mirwaiz Dr Umer Farooq, Shabbir Shah, Ali Shah Geelani and other Kashmiri leaders at the Pakistan High Commission at New Delhi.
Sartaj already clear to India that he was willing to participate in the adviser-level talks in India but without pre-conditions. Sushma said that the advisers would discuss on terrorism as ‘decided’ in Ufa, Russia. “We made it clear on August 18 no agenda beyond terrorism at talks,” she said.
“Even after terror incidents, we didn’t call off talks as we need to talk about terror,” she said. “Pakistan took three weeks to respond to our proposed meeting draft agenda and added several issues to it,” she told journalists. “Pakistan is running away from talks, which will be held only when we get a reply,” she said.
India accepts Hurriyat as third party in ‘bilateral’ talks
