Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that government of India won’t talk to Pakistan till it stops abetting terror.
In an interview with a wire agency, Omar, said, “It will be foolish for any of us to suggest that what JK has been witnessing is purely indigenous without any outside assistance what so ever.”
Asked is Pakistan still meddling in the region, the Chief Minister said, “I don’t think Pakistan has ever stopped meddling in JK.”
He said that the his party National Conference has always tried to take Pakistan on board to address concerns of the Government of India (GoI) so that a friendly working relationship is established.
Asked does he see it (working relation with Pak) happening, the JK Chief Minister said, “I don’t see it happening.”
Replying to a query whether anytime has he advised the Bharatiya Janata Party led government in New Delhi to hold talks with Pakistan, Omar said, “At the moment I don’t see any scope of India holding talks with Pakistan.”
“There is no scope when you have sort of attacks that you have had in J&K over the past few years the way armed forces and construction camps have been targeted. It becomes very difficult to tell the GoI that it has to talk.” (KNO)
