Islamabad, Oct 14: Raising Kashmir issue once again, Pakistan on Wednesday said that neither the regional situation nor sub-continental ties could improve till New Delhi accepted that the Kashmir issue was the main source of conflict between the two countries.
”It was unfortunate that the Indian position on Kashmir went against UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people,” foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit told a private TV channel in Islamabad.
Basit said lasting peace in the region is impossible without resolving the core Kashmir issue. “India has so far neglected the will of Kashmiris as well as United Nation’s resolutions, which are imperative for resolving the Kashmir issue,” he said.
Praising the past approach of Indian leaders for holding composite dialogue with Pakistan, Basit believed that some hawkish elements in India might have played their role in halting the dialogue process.
The remarks came on the day Indian home minister P Chidambaram said in Srinagar that the government was working on an honourable solution to the Kashmir problem and that separatist voices would be heard but stressed that there would be “no place for violence”.
 According to Basit, it was unfortunate that except for India, the entire world had appreciated the steps Pakistan had taken against the menace of terrorism.

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