APHC urges India, Pakistan to initiate meaningful dialogue on Kashmir
Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has stated that the Kashmir resistance movement and the demand for a plebiscite are legitimate and purely democratic.
According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesperson Adv Abdul Rashid Minhas, in a statement issued in Srinagar, said that the notion of Jammu and Kashmir being an integral part of India is absolutely baseless. Jammu and Kashmir remains a disputed territory as per United Nations resolutions.
He said, the Kashmir dispute is a dominant issue on the international political stage due to its direct link to three nuclear powers in the region: Pakistan, India, and China.
Minhas categorically stated that the Kashmiri people are making sacrifices for their freedom and will never compromise on their stand, either by Indian hegemony or within the Indian constitution.
He expressed hope that Pakistan and India would prefer to avoid war over Kashmir and begin a meaningful dialogue process to resolve the dispute once and for all, in accordance with the wishes of the people of Kashmir.
In the changing geopolitical landscape, he said, a peaceful and honorable solution to the long-pending Kashmir dispute is within reach, as both Pakistan and India would prefer to avoid war and initiate a meaningful dialogue process to resolve the issue once and for all.