Union minister Farooq Abdullah today said he agreed with Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that dialogue was the only way to resolve the Kashmir issue.
Union minister Farooq Abdullah today said he agreed with Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that dialogue was the only way to resolve the Kashmir issue and urged the separatist leader to come forward for talks with the Centre.
"I agree with him (Mirwaiz). We want to find a solution and the solution can be found by dialogue not by any other method. Any other method can further create trouble in Kashmir," the president of the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir told a press conference here.
"Therefore dialogue is the way out. I would request the Mirwaiz to start a dialogue with the Centre itself," Abdullah said.
"It is only by talking we will be able to find out a way. When they can meet MPs, why can't they talk to the Centre," the Union Minster for New and Renewable Energy said.
Abdullah, who is the father of J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, said, "I hope sense dawns on the two nations -India and Pakistan-- that dialogue has to be carried out. We have to find out a solution. We want to live in peace.
Reacting to a statement by the Mirwaiz that the United Nations was a "failed body", Abdullah said, "I agree with him (Mirwaiz). UN has even failed in Palestine. Because resolution was not implemented. To say it has failed, Yes it has.
"It (UN) has failed in many subjects", he said, adding that "I also agree with him (Mirwaiz) that a solution has be be found by the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, and people on the other side of fence with Pakistan."
Addressing a seminar yesterday, Mirwaiz had said, "We cannot expect much from a body which has failed to implement its own resolutions (on Kashmir)." He suggested a time-bound dialogue between India, Pakistan and people of J&K under international monitoring for resolving the issue.
Abdullah said that "it is high time that we should live like friends and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tried his best.
"But unfortunately we have as much politics in our country as the other country. This pains us. We have all through seen killings and death for many decades," he said.
"Why can't I go and have tea in Sialkote across the border and they in Jammu.... It pains us... when will trouble end for our future generations," he said.
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