PakistaniForeign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Saturday that the "aspirationsof the Kashmiri people must be accommodated" and they must be a part ofthe dialogue process.
Addressing a joint press conference with Indian External Affairs Minister SMKrishna, Ms Khar mentioned Kashmir and Siachen issues while stressing that bothIndia and Pakistan should simultaneously progress on all tracks despite issuesthat have divided the two nations for several decades.
"The aspirations of the Kashmiri people must be accommodated and a questfor peaceful settlement requires that we be associated in one way or the otherwithin the dialogue process," she said.
"So as we build the momentum... as we build the trust... as we build theconfidence in each other's intentions and each other's commitments to a differentview... to a different mindset to a different goal altogether to a differentvision, I am quite sure that we will be able to march ahead to resolve all thedisputes."
Ms Khar said it was important to do so "because we must be able to disarmthe nay sayers".
"We must be able to disarm the people who will continue to want to divideus. So it is important that we are able to resolve these issues so that we canmove forward and continue to consolidate on the success that we have been ableto achieve so far and start viewing each other and looking at each other andco-existing as a part of the region," she said.
Ms Khar said that the two neighbours should look for ways and means forsolutions to issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, "so that we continue todevelop on our achievements through dialogue".
Ms Khar said negative mindsets should be shunned and there is a need to moveahead with a new mindset.
"Pakistan sends a strong message" to move ahead in ties without beingheld hostage to past positions, she said.