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No link between Kashmir, UNSC seat, says India
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 13
New Delhi has dismissed as “wild speculation” reports that US President Barack Obama, during his visit to this country early next month, might ask India to settle the Jammu and Kashmir issue with Pakistan in return for Washington's endorsement of its candidature for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

The Obama administration has not brought up Kashmir in any discussion with India because Washington also considers it an issue between India and Pakistan, official sources today said at an interaction with editors here. Noting that the Kashmir issue had never been on the agenda of the UN ever since 1965, they said it was raised at the General Assembly this time by Pakistan in the backdrop of the recent unrest in the Valley.

Asked what India was looking forward to during the much-awaited visit of Obama, the sources observed that there was an excellent rapport between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the US President and the two countries proposed to explore new areas of cooperation besides concentrating on defence, security and counter terrorism issues.