NEW DELHI: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today suggested third party mediation to resolve the Kashmir issue, saying India should take the help of “friends” and that dialogue was the only solution.
The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir also asked, “Till what time should we wait?” and wondered how many more wars will India and Pakistan fight.
“The way out is through dialogue. Use your friends… Use them for dialogue to resolve the issue,” he told reporters outside Parliament.
Asked if he meant that a “third party” should be involved, Abdullah said, “(US President) Donald Trump has said he wants to settle the Kashmir problem. We did not ask him for it (help). China has also said it wants to mediate in Kashmir … We are not saying (that we) hand over things to them.”
He stressed that taking help does not mean “we should hand over” the affairs to “friends”.
Abdullah referred to the wars that India and Pakistan had fought and said it was time to take “the bull by the horns”.
