New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night said there was a 'meeting of minds' between the government and Hurriyat Conference and asked Jammu and Kashmir's separatist amalgalm to come out with a mechanism to address internal and external dimensions of the Kashmir issue.
The Hurriyat, in turn, indicated that it was not averse to joining the roundtable conference convened by Singh in Srinagar later this month.
The Prime Minister told the separtaists, "We have a meeting of minds. This augurs well for the future of Jammu and Kashmir, for the people of India and the region," his media advisor Sanjaya Baru told reporters after the two-hour meeting between Singh and a six-member Hurriyat delegation
"The Prime Minister acknowledged that in the overall situation prevailing in Kashmir, there has to be a mechanism. The Hurriyat will find a mechanism and come back to Home Minister (Shivraj Patil) to carry forward the talks," Baru said.
Emerging from the meeting, Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, said the talks were 'an effort to ensure to move forward in Jammu and Kashmir. We had free and frank dialogue on all sensitive matters of the state and we agreed to discuss specific and lasting solution'.
The Hurriyat Conference would sit soon and find a mechanism. It would address the internal and external dimenssions of the Kashmir issue, Umer said.
The six-member Hurriyat delegation headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq indicated in the second round of talks with the PM that they may attend the Second Kashmir Round Table Conference in Srinagar later this month.
At the end of the meeting, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq indicated that though there were some concerns within the All-Party Hurriyat Conference about attending the round table, they would be discussing the matter before taking a final decision
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