Pakistan on Tuesday renewed its offer to demilitarize the
disputed Kashmir region, and asked India to decrease troops in its
controlled part of Kashmir.
"Pakistan has already proposed demilitarization in Kashmir
valley and at least India should decrease its forces from the urban
areas in order to reduce human rights violations," Foreign Office
spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told a weekly briefing in Islamabad.
"Spirit behind the peace talks with India is to resolve all
disputes between the two countries, particularly Kashmir, and we
are optimistic that there will be forward movement in the dialogue
process in the right direction," she said.
She expressed hope that with forward movement toward the
resolution of disputes, tension between the two countries would
also be reduced and it would also result in reduction in arms
race.
However, she said Pakistan's missile tests would continue as a
part of maintaining minimum deterrence and balance of power.
"Pakistan and India have no coveted diplomacy to resolve Kashmir
issue, but they are engaged in interaction at different levels to
settle down the issue which include diplomatic and back channel
diplomacy and the dialogue process," she said.
The spokesperson said Indian leaders had admitted that
infiltration level had been reduced in Kashmir and subsequently
Pakistan believes that human rights violations would also come down
in the Valley.
(Xinhua News Agency April 5, 2006)
