Zaffar Akbar Bhat Praises UN Secretary

Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement praises UN Secretary General`s remarks on Kashmir
Srinagar: May 26, 2009. (PCPSr.Hurriyat Leader and Acting Chairman Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement Zaffar Akbar Bhat in a statement has praised Secretary General of OIC Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. "Kashmir is a core issue between Pakistan and India; other outstanding issues cannot settled without acceptable and durable resolution of Kashmir,” Bhat said. Zaffar reiterated that are several instances in which two countries agreed to go for the agreements in the Past, but when Kashmir is put on back burner -- yielded no results !.Zaffar Akbar maintained that OIC being the responsible realm, therefore it is mandatory upon them to solve the much vexed issue of Kashmir-bone of contention between two nuclear powers of the subcontinent. It is worth to mention that the tense situation there is still at a standstill due to the failure to implement the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. My special envoy to Jammu Kashmir has paid a visit to both Islamabad and Muzaffarabad to discuss developments in this connection, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of OIC, while addressing 36th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers at Damascus had said.Earlier on Monday Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq hailed the statement of OIC and urged the organization to send a team to the divided parts of Kashmir to assess the ground situation.“We welcome the statement of OIC, they can not only raise the issue of Kashmir in International forums but can play an important role in resolving the long pending Kashmir issue,” said APHC Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.