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Musharraf charges India with intransigence on Kashmir issue

Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf on Monday charged India with intransigence on the Kashmir issue, but hoped that New Delhi would agree to hold talks with Islamabad in the foreseeable future to settle the dispute.

"The main hurdles that have so far eluded a solution to the Kashmir dispute are India's insincerity and intransigence to hold meaningful talks with Pakistan," Musharraf told China Daily in an interview.

"I sincerely hope that India will agree in the foreseeable future to resume the stalled dialogue in order to resolve the long outstanding Kashmir dispute," he said.

He said future talks "will surely have to focus on finding a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people."

"This is the bottom line for Pakistan in negotiations since it has to be understood that Kashmir is the core dispute," he said adding that any future talks cannot be meaningful unless they address the Kashmir issue which is the "root cause" of tension in the region.

"I think the Indian prime minister, the Indian public and the media realise that talks must start to reduce tension between Pakistan and India."

PTI

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