India should initiate talks to resolve Kashmir issue: Qureshi

New York, Sep 26 (PTI) Ahead of the meeting with his
Indian counterpart, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood
Qureshi Saturday said New Delhi should engage itself in talks
to resolve the Kashmir issue.

"We hope New Delhi will realise the ground reality and
world trends which essentially include negotiations and talks
on resolving outstanding issues," he said.

Qureshi was addressing a press conference after his
meeting with All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq.

The Pakistan Foreign Minister said he had also invited
Farooq for talks to find a solution of the long pending issue.

The meeting of two foreign minsters will take place here
Sunday and is expected to be focused on the issue of terrorism
emanating from Pakistani soil.

India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had said
terrorism would be the single most important issue for
discussion in the meeting.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari had told the United
Nation General Assembly that Islamabad wanted friendly
relations with New Delhi, and stressed the need resuming
composite dialogue process.

Zardari said "meaningful progress" towards resolution of
the Kashmir issue was necessary for peace and stability in
South Asia. PTI BS