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Kasmiri separatists demand withdrawal of Indian forces

Kashmiri separatist leader Shaikh Abdul Aziz Sunday demanded the withdrawal of Indian forces from the embattled Himalayan state of Kashmir.

Mr Aziz says peace cannot return to the region unless India pulls out its occupation forces and enters into a meaningful dialogue involving Pakistan and Kashmiri leaders.

Mr Aziz, a member of the executive council of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, arrived in Pakistan last week on a private visit.

On Friday he met Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar and held a series of meetings with the Kashmiri separatist leaders.

He said the Indian offer of talks to Kashmiri groups would serve no purpose and demanded tripartite talks to find a solution to the 53-year old conflict.

Kashmir, divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both, has caused two of their three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.

Dialogue between the two nuclear rivals was suspended following a bitter 10-week border conflict in the Kargil region of Kashmir in 1999.

23/04/01 7:51:03 | ABC Radio Australia News

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