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Pak, India talks Track-II revives
SrinagarNotwithstanding the government of Indias public refusal to revive the stalled peace process with Pakistan, Track-II channels of communication between New Delhi and Islamabad have already been activated to prepare the ground for reanimating the composite dialogue between the two countries.
According to reports, despite UPA governments refusal to recommence the formal talks with including Kashmir.
The Indo-Pak composite dialogue process, both at formal and informal levels, was slowed down after the eruption of judicial crisis in Pakistan in 2007 and came to a grinding halt after 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Former Pakistani diplomat, Niaz Naik, is being seen as one of the key players in reviving the fresh Track-II initiative. He is believed to be entrusted with the task of negotiating a possible understanding on Kashmir with the Indian government through back-channel diplomacy.
He was a key figure in the efforts of both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi to engage Gen Zia-ul-Haq during the 1980s and later during Gen Musharrafs tenure.
From the Indian side, defense analyst, K Subramanyam, former army chief, Gen V P Malik, BJP leader, Jaswant Singh, and Congress leaders, Mani Shanker Aiyer and Jairam Ramesh, are the key proponents of the Track-II diplomacy.
The initiation of Track-II diplomacy between India and Pakistan is being seen as a major development as it was the earlier dialogue through the same channel that led to important breakthroughs on the front of confidence-building measures such as launch of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service and ceasefire on LoC in Kashmir.
The near agreement between India and Pakistan, revealed by former Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, and later endorsed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on getting closer to a mutually acceptable solution to Kashmir is being seen as the outcome of the Track-II diplomacy.NNI
SrinagarNotwithstanding the government of Indias public refusal to revive the stalled peace process with Pakistan, Track-II channels of communication between New Delhi and Islamabad have already been activated to prepare the ground for reanimating the composite dialogue between the two countries.
According to reports, despite UPA governments refusal to recommence the formal talks with including Kashmir.
The Indo-Pak composite dialogue process, both at formal and informal levels, was slowed down after the eruption of judicial crisis in Pakistan in 2007 and came to a grinding halt after 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Former Pakistani diplomat, Niaz Naik, is being seen as one of the key players in reviving the fresh Track-II initiative. He is believed to be entrusted with the task of negotiating a possible understanding on Kashmir with the Indian government through back-channel diplomacy.
He was a key figure in the efforts of both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi to engage Gen Zia-ul-Haq during the 1980s and later during Gen Musharrafs tenure.
From the Indian side, defense analyst, K Subramanyam, former army chief, Gen V P Malik, BJP leader, Jaswant Singh, and Congress leaders, Mani Shanker Aiyer and Jairam Ramesh, are the key proponents of the Track-II diplomacy.
The initiation of Track-II diplomacy between India and Pakistan is being seen as a major development as it was the earlier dialogue through the same channel that led to important breakthroughs on the front of confidence-building measures such as launch of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service and ceasefire on LoC in Kashmir.
The near agreement between India and Pakistan, revealed by former Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, and later endorsed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on getting closer to a mutually acceptable solution to Kashmir is being seen as the outcome of the Track-II diplomacy.NNI
