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April 14, 2007
Azad Invites Separatists
to Join the Kashmir Roundtable

Srinagar
The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Saturday announced that government was ready to talk to leaders of the armed groups provided they abjure violence.

Talking to newsmen here Saturday, the chief minister while emphasizing significance of third roundtable conference scheduled to be held at New Delhi on April 24, appealed to all shades of opinion including Hurriyat Conference to take best advantage of the opportunity, history has provided.

"Be part of unified approach initiated to settle all issues amicably and jointly across the table", he added.

Azad said that peace is imperative for development and violence has inflicted upon unprecedented loss to human lives and public property in the state.

"Thousands of people have been killed, women rendered widows, children orphan and destitute during the militancy period. We have to work together to re-build the state and rehabilitate large number of affected besides carrying forward development process with determination", he said.

He said third roundtable conference will discuss the recommendations of four working groups on confidence building across segments of society in the state, strengthening relations across line of control, economic development in the state and good-governance as also matters pertaining to the fifth group on strengthening of centre-state relations.

The chief minister said that government is ready to talk to Hizbul Mujaheedin chief, Syed Salah-ud-Din or any other person if they abjure gun.

"Abjure violence and shun the gun, we are ready to talk to you", Azad said. 

IANS | April 14, 2007

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