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Pakistan seeks US mediation in Kashmir

LALIT K JHA/PTI

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Washington, Oct 21: Pakistan today urged the Obama Administration to work for the resolution of disputes in South Asia, particularly the Kashmir issue, which it claimed was key to peace in the region.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi also spoke about the recent unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and said "any person of conscience cannot ignore the use of brute force against defenseless Kashmiri youth." "It is in the interest of lasting peace, stability and development of the region that the US works for the resolution of disputes in South Asia. 

This has to begin with justice for the Kashmiri people," he said.
 Qureshi was responding to a question at an event jointly organised by the prestigious Brookings Institute and Asia Society.
 

His comments came hours after the third round of the Strategic Dialogue between the US and Pakistan began.
 Contending that Pakistan is "deeply interested" in a peaceful and stable South Asia, Qureshi claimed that the prospect, however, "is in danger again by the recent events in Kashmir."

 "Any person of conscience cannot ignore the use of brute force against defenseless Kashmiri youth. In this unfolding tragedy over 100 Kashmiris have lost their lives in the past three months, many of them teenagers," he said.
 

"Their mothers are rightly bewildered at the deafening silence of the international community. Wisdom proposes that the aspirations of any people can't be suppressed by the use of force, such would be with the legitimate rights of the Kashmiri people," Qureshi said.
 In response to another question, Qureshi said Pakistan wants good neighbourly ties with India.
 "Pakistan wants a very good neighborly relationship with India. What we are saying is we have outstanding issues. Both sides have agreed that dialogue is the only sensible way forward," he said.

 He said the Composite Dialogue process has "shown results, incremental progress has been achieved and we need to pursue that and yes why not, I think, it makes a lot of sense that we improve relations, that we have good normal healthy relations."
 Both India and Pakistan stands to gain from good normal healthy relationship, Qureshi said, adding that the region stands to gain from improved Indo-Pak ties.

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