Islamabad, April
20|05 (KMS): Representatives of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Eric Taylor and Alexander Evans visited office of the All Parties Hurriyat
Conference (APHC) AJK-chapter, in Islamabad and held a meeting on the latest
situation in Indian occupied Kashmir today.
The APHC team led by its Convenor Muhammad Farooq Rehmani included Advocate
Pervez Ahmad and Majeed Malik. The two sides had an exchange of views on the
ground situation in occupied Kashmir and the latest Musharraf-Manmohan joint
statement.
The APHC members told the visitors that the India-Pakistan peace process
could bear fruit only if human rights specific confidence building measures
are implemented in the occupied territory. "India and Pakistan must speed up
their efforts towards the resolution of the Kashmir dispute as per the
wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri people."
The British diplomats highlighted the perception of the international
community vis-à-vis Kashmir issue saying that it was time that all the
parties representing the wishes of the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir
be involved in the peace process.
The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour highlighted that the British
government was taking keen interest in the resolution of the Jammu and
Kashmir issue in order to ensure peace and stability in South Asia. |