News India Hurriyat leaders meet Pak envoy Abdul Basit; discuss Sushma, Sharif meeting

Hurriyat leaders meet Pak envoy Abdul Basit; discuss Sushma, Sharif meeting

New Delhi: Two hardliner Hurriyat Conference leaders on Monday met Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in Delhi to discuss the recent visit of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Islamabad where she met Pakistan's top

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New Delhi: Two hardliner Hurriyat Conference leaders on Monday met Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in Delhi to discuss the recent visit of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Islamabad where she met Pakistan's top leadership.

"A Hurriyat delegation sent by chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Monday held a detailed meeting for one-and-a-half hours with Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi," Hurriyat spokesman Ayaz Akbar said.

"They held a detailed discussion over the recent meeting of Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan rulers on the occasion of Asia Heart Conference in Islamabad and also discussed the Kashmir policy there," Ayaz Akbar added.

The two-member Hurriyat delegation comprised Geelani's personal secretary Peer Saifullah and chief organiser of the amalgam Altaf Ahmad Shah, he said, adding Deputy High Commissioner and the other officials in the Pakistani mission were also present.

"The Hurriyat delegation handed them a message of Geelani that Pakistan should continue to maintain consistency and firmness over its Kashmir policy and play an active role in highlighting the human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir at international forums," Akbar said.

The delegation also apprised the Pakistan High Commissioner about the present situation in Kashmir, he added.

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