Pak commited to peaceful resolution of J-K issue: Qureshi

Pakistan has said that it is committed to the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir problem with India.

Pakistan on Wednesday said it was committed to the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir problem with India, noting that the two countries have agreed to continue discussions to build on convergences and narrow down divergences on the issue.

“Pakistan remains committed to the peaceful resolution of the longstanding dispute of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people,” Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in the Ugandan capital Kampala.

“In my meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukhrjee last month for the review of the fourth round of Pakistan-India composite dialogue, we exchanged views on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and agreed to continue discussions to build on convergences and narrow down divergences,” he said.

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Qureshi said he and Mukherjee also agreed to ‘continue the implementation of a number of Kashmir-related confidence-building measures’ to alleviate the ‘sufferings of the Kashmiri people’.

The OIC continues to extend support to a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue in accordance with the UN resolutions and ‘aspirations’ of the Kashmiri people, he said.

Qureshi also said, “The Palestinian tragedy continues to be one of the fundamental stimulants of discontent in the Muslim world.”

The OIC offered ‘unstinted support to the Palestinian people for their inalienable right to self-determination, establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital and the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homes’, he added.

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