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Hurriyat wants USA off J&K

Srinagar, July 13
In a major policy shift, the Hurriyat Conference today said that the USA and the UK should be kept out of any attempt to resolve the Kashmir issue and instead suggested drafting in Iran or former South African President Nelson Mandela to act as facilitators.

“Countries like the USA and the UK should be kept out of Kashmir as they have the power of imposing their solutions on New Delhi and Islamabad,” Hurriyat’s moderate chief Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari said here, a day after taking over.

“It will be a shame if a big power comes and tells India and Pakistan what to do. The two countries should be able to resolve the issue between themselves,” he said.

Ansari said India and Pakistan should keep out powers which could impose their solutions on them while resolving the issue.

Asked to name possible countries which could act as mediators without influencing the talks, the first Shia head of the Hurriyat said Iran could be one such country. — PTI