Srinagar: Kashmiri separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah has been detained after he landed in Delhi to attend a reception organised by Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz tomorrow, as the war of words between Indian and Pakistan continues, putting the fate of NSA-level talks between both countries hanging by a thread.
The talks are scheduled for Sunday.
Earlier in Srinagar, Mr Shah told reporters, "The talks must go on to ease the pressure on both sides of the Line of Control."
India has called it unacceptable for Mr Aziz to meet with separatists, a long drawn contention between the two countries which led India to cancel the talks last year.
India maintains that there are only two stakeholders in the Kashmir dialogue, and has termed Pakistan's insistence of meeting separatists as a complete departure from the terms agreed upon at Ufa last month, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif agreed to hold NSA-level talks on terrorism.
The talks are scheduled for Sunday.
Earlier in Srinagar, Mr Shah told reporters, "The talks must go on to ease the pressure on both sides of the Line of Control."
India has called it unacceptable for Mr Aziz to meet with separatists, a long drawn contention between the two countries which led India to cancel the talks last year.
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India maintains that there are only two stakeholders in the Kashmir dialogue, and has termed Pakistan's insistence of meeting separatists as a complete departure from the terms agreed upon at Ufa last month, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif agreed to hold NSA-level talks on terrorism.
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