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‘Meeting Kashmiri separatists a long-standing practice’

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Update: 2014-08-20 07:55:00
‘Meeting Kashmiri separatists a long-standing practice’ Photo Courtesy: thehindu.com

DHAKA: Pakistan high commissioner to India on Wednesday justified his meetings with Kashmiri separatists in New Delhi notwithstanding India’s protestation, asserting that engagement with all stakeholders have been the ‘bottomline’ of Islamabad’s efforts to find a solution to the Kashmir issue.

Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit said calling off the August 25 talks between foreign secretaries of the two countries by India was a ‘setback’ but noted that it should not discourage the two neighbours from resolving the Kashmir issue.

Addressing a press conference at Foreign Correspondents' club here, Basit defended his meetings with Kashmiri separatist leaders in the last two days and said he did not breach any protocol by holding talks with them.

‘This has been a long-standing practice. We have been meeting the Kashmiri leaders...It is important to engage with all the stakeholders to find a peaceful solution to the issue,’ he said, reports The Times of India.

BDST: 1734 HRS, AUG 20, 2014

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