NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday reacted sharply to Pakistan's attempts to link the ongoing protests in Jammu and Kashmir to the peace process between the two countries.
According to Times Now , Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has registered strong opposition to Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s remarks on situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had said that the current situation in Kashmir has affected the environment for talks with India. He also said that Indo-Pak peace process would be hindered if violence in the Valley persisted.
In reply to the remarks, India has strongly warned Pakistan against "interfering in its internal matters".
Meanwhile, violence escalated in the Kashmir on Tuesday as 10 people were killed in firing by security forces during protests. For the first time in 13 years, curfew has been clamped in the entire Valley.
In Kishtwar, the Army was called out after two persons were killed and over 20 others injured in clashes, police firing and a grenade blast, officials said. Earlier, the police lobbed teargas shells to disperse groups belonging to two communities which pelted each other with stones at Kishtwar's Hidyal Chowk.
With violence spiralling out of control in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for a second all-party meeting on Wednesday to try to hammer out a viable consensus formula that could be acceptable to both Jammu and the Kashmir Valley.
Source : Times Of India
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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