Kashmiri separatists defiant, to meet Pak envoy today even as Indo-Pak dialogue stalled
New Delhi: Separatist leaders on Monday said they would go ahead with their meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in Delhi on Tuesday even after India cancelled the Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan.
"Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will go to meet Pakistan High Commissioner in Delhi tomorrow," spokesman of the moderate Hurriyat Conference said.
He said it was unfortunate that the Centre had cancelled the talks.
"However, we will continue the process of consultations which are part of the dialogue process for resolution of Kashmir issue," he added.
Longstanding practice,prior to Pak-Ind talk,meetngs wid Kashmiri leadrs held to facilitate meaningful discussn on Kashmir:Pak Foreign Office
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 18, 2014India on Monday cancelled the talks scheduled to be held in Islamabad on August 25, raising strong objections to consultations held with separatist Hurriyat leaders by Pakistan High Commissioner.
Read: Calling off foreign secretary level talks highly unfortunate, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani will also head for the capital tomorrow to meet Basit.
Decision of GoI is childish,doesn't hold importance,they shouldn't have doesn't this : SAS Geelani,Separatist Leader pic.twitter.com/WH39cLOKDX
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2014"Yes, we will be going for the meeting," Geelani's spokesman Ayaz Akbar said.
A JKLF spokesman said party chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was already scheduled to be in Delhi due to personal reasons tomorrow.
"Malik might attend the meeting as he is already scheduled to be in Delhi tomorrow," he added.
