What is your basis of dragging Hurriyat in between everything?
It is the government not me.
Red lines around Hurriyat meetings relaxed - INTERNATIONAL - The Hindu
Red lines around Hurriyat meetings relaxed
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq saysit is time to change the perception that meeting the Hurriyat is a hostile act.
Foreign Secretaries S. Jaishankar and Aizaz Chaudhury who are likely to meet around January 15-17 in Islamabad will work out a schedule for the Home Secretaries, Commerce Secretaries, Culture and Tourism Secretaries to discuss issues such as Sir Creek, Wullar Barrage, Tulbul Navigation Project, economic and commercial cooperation, counter-terrorism, narcotics control and humanitarian issues, people-to-people exchanges and religious tourism.
They will also discuss the possible dates for talks between National Security Advisers Ajit Doval and Gen. (retd.) Janjua who will focus on terrorism. The NSA talks are likely to be held in Delhi, as that was the venue when they were cancelled in August 2015. In addition, pending talks between the Directors-General of Military Operations may be scheduled.
With the push from Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif after they met in Paris on November 30, several issues seem to have been ironed out. India has accepted Pakistan’s desire that the talks be held in Islamabad, as technically, the last official bilateral Foreign Secretary talks that were called off by India in August 2014 were to have been held there.
Officials say the ‘red lines’ around the Hurriyat meetings with Pakistani officials have also been relaxed, and High Commissioner in Delhi Abdul Basit has met the Hurriyat leadership, albeit quietly, around the talks between India and Pakistan in the past month. “There are many ways around the spectacle that we saw on those occasions,” a senior Indian official confirmed to
The Hindu , adding that it was possible to have the Hurriyat leadership meet visiting Pakistani dignitaries as they did prior to 2014, but only after the bilateral talks were held.
Hurriyat chairperson Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who would not confirm any meeting but is expected to see Mr. Basit in the next few weeks, said it was time to change “the perception that meeting the Hurriyat is a hostile act.” Welcoming Mr. Modi’s visit to Pakistan, Mr. Farooq said: “Hurriyat has never claimed to be a third party. We have never said we want to be on the same table with them. But some mechanism must be found to bring our concerns on board.”
In February, New Delhi will also receive the Chief Minister of Pakistani Punjab and Mr. Sharif’s brother Shahbaz Sharif. Mr. Sharif is expected to come to Delhi to attend the Urs or events around the death anniversary of Nizamuddin Aulia, but will most certainly meet Mr. Modi, with whom he chatted during the Lahore visit, and other officials. If ties between India and Pakistan get a fillip, it is Punjab, as the crossover point for bilateral trade, that will benefit the most.
At the end of March, Mr. Modi and Mr. Sharif are expected to be in U.S. for the nuclear security summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama, and a pull-aside is “more than likely,” an official said.
‘Hurriyat never claimed to be a third party. We never wanted to be on the same table’
Hurriyat cautions against possible attempts to vitiate India-Pakistan peace process | The Indian Express
Hurriyat cautions against possible attempts to vitiate India-Pakistan peace process
The Hurriyat Conference hoped that the leadership in both the countries will carry forward the peace process in a "bold way" and resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir.
By: PTI
Srinagar Published
ec 27, 2015, 16:35
By: PTI | Srinagar | Publishedecember 27, 2015 4:35 pm
File photo of Hurriyat Conference head Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. (Source: PTI)
The moderate separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday urged the top political brass of India and Pakistan to ensure that “rabble-rousers” in both countries are not allowed to vitiate the “atmosphere of peace” emerging after the recent thaw in Indo-Pak relations.
The Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq hoped that the leadership in both the countries will carry forward the peace process in a “bold way” and resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir. It also said that it would not shy away from talks with the government, adding that any dialogue should be “with an open mind and heart”.
Keenly watching the developments, Mirwaiz Farooq, who is also a Muslim religious head, feels that the Friday meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Lahore has given a fresh hope not only to people of the two nations but to the entire South Asian region.
“I only hope that the process, which has been initiated after many speed breakers, gains momentum and both nations sit together and find solutions to all the outstanding issues including Kashmir by involving the Kashmiri people,” Mirwaiz told PTI.
He, however, expressed apprehension that radical elements, who are inimical to peace in the region, would try and make desperate attempts to sabotage the peace process.
“Both the Prime Ministers are democratically elected and have a strong mandate in their respective countries. If they are to carry forward a peace process and take historical steps, it is important that the process has broad support from the political opposition and general public in both countries.
“Any party or group that stands in the way of attempts to achieve peace are enemies of the people of South Asia. The leadership in India and Pakistan should invite and involve all the stakeholders – especially the people of Kashmir – to contribute and be a part of this process.
“The rabble-rousers should be reined in so that issues can be addressed and peace becomes the order of the day in the South Asian region,” he said.
When asked that certain separatists groups including his one time ally Syed Ali Shah Geelani were considered as hawks, Mirwaiz said, “Everyone in Kashmir supports meaningful dialogue and engagement. My point is simple that we in the Hurriyat Conference believe that Kashmir is a political issue which needs be resolved through dialogue.”
“We in Hurriyat Conference would like to walk an extra mile for ensuring that peace process can succeed. I have said it many times that we wish to see Kashmir as a bridge of friendship between India and Pakistan rather than a bone of contention,” Mirwaiz said.
To a question whether the Hurriyat Conference was willing to talk to the central leadership, he said, “We have never shied away from dialogue aimed at addressing the Kashmir issue be it with India or Pakistan.
“We held talks with the then Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh as well as Pervez Musharf and even gave some suggestions in order to move forward. Hurriyat would not shy away from any serious process aimed at resolving the Kashmir issue involving all stakeholders”
To a question about statements from Union ministers that talks with Hurriyat would be held within Indian Constitution, the Mirwaiz claimed it was Vajpayee who spoke of holding unconditional talks under the ambit of ‘insaniyat’ and vowed that India “shall not traverse solely on the beaten track of the past”.
“Talks need to be held with an open mind and heart,” the Mirwaiz said.
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Hurriyat stance is same that was before, its not changed. FYI, they used to talk to Pakistani officials before too. 
Suhasini Haidar
