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A matter of principle, says Hurriyat

NEW DELHI JAN. 12. The Hurriyat Conference said today that involvement of Pakistan in talks on the Kashmir issue was "not a condition but a principle" which New Delhi would have to accept.

"The involvement of Pakistan in talks is not a beaten track. This is not a condition and the Hurriyat does not believe to be guided by conditionalities. We choose to be guided by realities. The participation of Islamabad is a principle after which the talks can proceed,'' the Hurriyat chairman, Abdul Gani Bhat, said here.

On the suspension of passport of the outfit's former chairman, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, he said: "people in politics have to suffer hiccups of different dimensions at different times and there is no escape from this either". — PTI

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