Discussion on Kashmir part of Composite Dialogue process: FO

ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Thursday said discussion on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute will be the main part of the composite dialogue between Pakistan and India and it will be an important issue in the review meetings of the 4th round of talks being held here next month. “Pakistan believes that focus needs to be on the resolution of the core dispute of Kashmir which has caused so much suffering to Kashmiri people in the Indian held Kashmir,” said the Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq at his weekly briefing.
He expressed the hope that Kashmir issue will be resolved as soon as possible.
The spokesman said Foreign Minister and Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet in Islamabad on May 20 and 21 for the review of the 4th round of Pak-India Composite Dialogue process.
He said during 2007 talks on all eight segments of the Composite Dialogue were held covering the subjects of peace and security including CMBs, Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, Wuller Barrage, terrorism and drugs trafficking, economic and commercial cooperation and promotion of friendly exchanges.
The review meetings being held in Islamabad next month will help the two sides to assess the progress made in the fourth round of the talks.
Replying to a question to establish Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Kashmir, the spokesman said efforts should be made to resolve the core dispute of Kashmir and such Commission could be established.