Involve everyone in Kashmir talks: Mirwaiz to Center

Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday that said he favoured unconditional dialogue with the government of India but said that the best chance of success would be if it followed the Vajpayee government’s doctrine. Farooq, who is Kashmir’s chief cleric, noted that in the Vajpayee formula “all parties were involved,” referring to the simultaneous communication that the Kashmiri separatist leaders were allowed to have with New Delhi as well as with Islamabad and counterparts in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. “We want a mechanism to be prepared for talks where everyone…

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