Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Thursday said that India-Pakistan bonhomie is essential for long-lasting peace in the region, saying that there can be no substitute to talks to resolve the differences.
In a statement issued here, Party’s additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal said India and Pakistan should start a “result oriented” and “time bound” dialogue for the “greater good” of both the nations, especially the welfare of Jammu and Kashmir.
Expressing concern over the deteriorating relations between India and Pakistan, Dr Kamal said Sher e Kashmir was of the opinion that greater Indo-Pak interaction would benefit the people of Jammu & Kashmir the most. “Our party still deems Indo-Pak friendship essential to a peaceful sub-continent. I impress upon the sane voices in both the countries to push their respective governments to initiate a result oriented dialogue process for the greater good of the two nations,” Kamal said.
“The bonhomie between the two nuclear powered nations is the key to peace in J-K,” he added.
Urging both India and Pakistan to respect the 2003 ceasefire agreement and make borders peaceful, Kamal said the continuous skirmishes between the two nations have wreaked havoc on the lives of those living on either sides of the border.
“Every day we hear of losses incurred by people living along LOC, every now and then a number of innocent people including children are killed in cross border shelling from across the border.”
“People are being forced to relocate to safer areas resulting in large scale migration. It’s time that both nations put an immediate end to such hostilities along LoC and IB areas,” he added.
