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Amritsar: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said, dialogue is the only way forward to herald peace in Indo-Pak region and urged the two nations to break the ice and initiate meaningful engagement to sort out the issues.
“National Conference has been consistently and strongly vouching for Indo-Pak talks and this has now even been endorsed by the Chiefs of Army of the two countries as well, which is a welcome development,” Abdullah said in an informal interaction with media after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple here.
Accompanied by Provincial President Devender Singh Rana, the National Conference chief expressed happiness over realization dawning on the Army chiefs of the two countries and said, “this is vindication of our stand.”
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He added that wars were no solution to solve problems, howsoever, serious in nature these may be, as negotiation table is ultimately the forum to thin down difference and reach conclusions. He said that he hoped the positive observations and assertions of the Army chiefs would be taken forward to create conducive conditions for talks. He said beneficiaries of the Indo-Pak dialogue would be people of Jammu and Kashmir, who have been braving the brunt of hostilities.
National Conference chief said history stands testimony to the fact that all the issues have been sorted out by sitting around the table and hoped that the common sentiment for dialogue process would be initiated by India and Pakistan.
On the Rassana murder and rape case, the National Conference President said that the matter is sub-judice. However, he added that the innocent girl must get justice and guilty delivered exemplary punishment.
He hoped people to maintain their cool and strengthen the time tested bonds of amity, unity and brotherhood.
Earlier, Abdullah and Rana paid obeisance at the Golden Temple and prayed for universal peace and brotherhood.
