National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah said that if India and Pakistan do not find a solution to the Kashmir issue through dialogue, then the region could meet the same fate as Gaza and Palestine.
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Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister said that if we [India] remain friendly with our neighbours, both the countries will progress. “Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said that we can change our friends but not our neighbours. If we remain friendly with our neighbours, both will progress. PM Modi also said that war is not an option now and the matters should be resolved through dialogue,” he said.
Farooq Abdullah also was the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, northwestern India, on three occasions: 1982–84, 1986–90, and 1996–2002. In 2017 he was elected to represent the Srinagar constituency in the Lok Sabha.
“Where is the dialogue? Nawaz Sharif is about to become the PM (of Pakistan) and they are saying that we are ready to talk (with India), but what is the reason why we are not ready to talk? If we do not find a solution through dialogue, we will meet the same fate as Gaza and Palestine, which are being bombed by Israel…,” Abdullah added. Abdullah’s statement comes against the the drop of recent incidents in which five Indian Army soldiers were killed in an ambush in Poonch, a retired police officer was shot dead inside a Baramulla mosque and three civilians were found dead after troops detained them for questioning.
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