While welcoming the move of India and Pakistan prime ministers to revive the stalled contact process in the Russian city of Ufa, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq stressed upon the need for a sustained dialogue process between the two countries to create favorable conditions for the resolution of all outstanding issues between the two including the core issue of Kashmir.
Addressing a Friday congregation at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Mirwaiz said, “People of Kashmir and Hurriyat have always supported the dialogue between the two countries so that it could foster cordial relations and encourage both nations to take necessary confidence building measures in order to move towards the resolution of the pending issues.”
While welcoming the resumption of high level contact between the two countries, he said, “Though there are a number of contending issues between the two countries but it remains a fact that Kashmir has always remained the fundamental cause of sour relationship and at times armed conflict between the two nations. Being the core issue the prudence demands that this issue takes the preference in the dialogue process while as other issues are the product of the non resolution of core issue, so once the core issue is addressed the resolution of other peripheral issues will automatically become easier.”
The Hurriyat (M) Chairman questioned the merit of suspension of the dialogue between the two countries when government of India unilaterally suspended the foreign secretary level talks a year ago, adding, if former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s initiative, wherein he had said that “everything is possible within the ambit of humanity”, should have been continued, things would have substantially moved forward.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
While welcoming the change in the stance of present Indian ruling establishment which otherwise has remained stubborn in relation to the dialogue with Pakistan, Mirwaiz said, “The Kashmir dispute should acquire a focal status in the dialogue process without which any successes remains doubtful.”
Mirwaiz said that Kashmir dispute was not a territorial or boundary issue between India and Pakistan, but this issue concerned with the political future of more than 1.5 crore people and as such the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir remain the basic party to the dispute, adding, without their participation any dialogue on this issue can’t bear fruit.
Terming the July 13 as black day in the history of Kashmir, Mirwaiz stated that on this day Kashmiris rose against the despotic dynastic rule of Mahraja who showered bullets and killed Kashmiris. He said that the founder of Awami Action Committee (AAC) had decided to observe this National day as Youm-e-Tajdeed (The day of Re commitment) every year.
He said this year all pro-freedom leaders would observe this day jointly, adding, they would offer noon prayers together and later would lead a huge procession to the martyrs grave yard Naqashbandh Sahab (RA) where tributes would be offered to martyrs.