President for peaceful Kashmir solution

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan wants an honourable, equitable and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
The President said this while talking to Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director Kashmir Centre Washington, who called on him at the Presidency on Monday. Violence and militancy are no solution to political problems. The opening of the trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir by the present government will bring Kashmiri people close together and increase the likelihood for a peaceful political resolution of the dispute, the President said.
Zardari said no resolution would be equitable or honourable which was not in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. He said that merchants of war promoted violence as a mean of settling political disputes but it would have to be resisted through recourse to peaceful and indigenous political movements. He also appreciated the efforts of the Kashmir Centre Washington in highlighting the issue on an international level.
Ghulam Nabi Fai thanked the President for the government support on the issue of Kashmir. He also recalled his association with Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and the efforts made by her for finding a just and honourable resolution and raising the Kashmir issue at various international fora.
APP/Online add: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said Pakistan wanted an honourable, equitable and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
He said no resolution would be equitable or honourable which was not in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people, adding that the merchants of war everywhere promoted violence as the means of settling political disputes but this had to be resisted through recourse to peaceful, indigenous political movements.
He also recalled his association with Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and the efforts made by her for finding a just and honourable resolution and raising the Kashmir issue at various international forums.
President Zardari said the international community, especially US President Barrack Obama, would have to resolve the long lingering issue of Kashmir peacefully for durable peace in the region as Kashmiris were facing atrocities of Indian forces for last 60 years. The sacrifices made by the Kashmiris would not be neglected, he maintained.
Pakistan, the President said, always intended to have cordial relations with India. But peace without resolution of Kashmir dispute could not prevail in the region.