JKLF to UK: Use friendly ties for resolving Kashmir problem

Separatist outfit Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) today asked Britain to use its friendly ties with India and Pakistan for resolving the Kashmir issue.

"Kashmir is an issue which has been left unresolved by the Britishers before leaving India," JKLF head Mohammad Yasin Malik told reporters after a meeting with two British diplomats in Srinagar.

"Britain can help in resolving the problem by using its friendly ties with New Delhi and Islamabad," he said.

First secretary (political) in the British high commission in New Delhi, Victoria L Whitford, and the second political secretary in the UK mission in Islamabad, Sharon McDonald, called on Malik to get his views on the current situation in the Valley.

"We have come here to listen (to Malik) and not to speak (to the media)," the diplomats told reporters after the meeting.

On the upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama to India, the JKLF chairman said, "He is coming to India as a friend. He should persuade India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue."