Pak asks Obama to make good his ‘promise to facilitate solution to Kashmir dispute’
January 15th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANIGeneva, Jan 15(ANI): The United States can play a key role in allaying Pakistan’s fears about India by getting involved in a solution to the longstanding Kashmir dispute, a senior Pakistani diplomat has said.
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Zamir Akram, said that attempts by India and Pakistan to negotiate a settlement were derailed after 2006 by “extremist” groups in both nations.
“Unfortunately the momentum has been lost,” the Daily Times quoted Akram, as saying.
When asked what single short-term gesture could help allay Pakistan’s concerns about the strategic intentions of its neighbour, Akram said: “Something that Obama promised when he was a candidate for president but abandoned when he became president, that is, facilitate the solution to the Kashmir dispute.”
“That’s the gesture that the administration itself said it wanted to take and they should follow up on it,” he added. (ANI)
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