How do you look at the forthcoming meeting between Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in New York next week?
As a part of the process it is significant. Our viewpoint is that the peace process that has been initiated should continue between India and Pakistan. Obviously, this is a process that seeks to arrive at a particular outcome which is the final resolution of the problem of Jammu and Kashmir. Barring the start of the bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad there has not been much forward movement. But we do realise that this has been a problem that has been around for more then fifty years. I hope the meeting between the two produces some forward movement so the peace process gets certain boost and momentum. President Musharraf promises to wipe out terrorism from Pakistani soil but has he done it? There is no yardstick by which we can measure what he has done and what he hasn’t. There are any number of people who would tell you that Musharraf has been a victim of terrorism on his own soil. Terrorists who were operating in Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir at one point of time are
