Omar to visit Pakistan to attend Conference

Srinagar July, 15 (UNI) National Conference President Omar Abdullah, will visit Pakistan on August 7 on the invitation of the Kashmir Institute of International Relations to participate in the First Kashmiri Leadership Conference.

The Kashmir Institute of International Relations is headed by Shah Ghulam Qadri speaker of the Pakistan administered Kashmir and this will be the first ever conference to be attended only by the leaders of Kashmir from either side of the LOC.

The spokesman for the party said the objective of this conference is to build consensus among the Kashmiri leaders across the LoC for a just durable solution to the Kashmir imbroglio and evolve a solution which is acceptable to all.

He said the Conference will also work towards creating better Indo-Pak relations thereby seeking steps towards resolution of the Kashmir issue.

The Conference will also work towards process of inclusion of the Kashmiri leadership in the dialogue process aiming at a permanent resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the aspirations of all concerned, he said.

The spokesman said Mr Abdullah during his visit to Islamabad will put forward the NCs view point on how to facilitate a people to people contact between the two sides of Jammu and Kashmir.

It will discuss how to create a conducive atmosphere to reach out for a resolution of the Kashmir issue to find a viable sustainable long term solution to the Kashmir issue as per the aspirations of the people of the state.

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