AJK President terms India's intransigence stumbling block in way of peaceful solution of Kashmir dispute.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry said there was a dire need that the influential world governments, especially the US should play their role in the early peaceful resolution of the lingering issue of occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

He expressed these views while addressing the participants of the training course of the National Defense University at the presidency at the State metropolis on Sunday.

Military officers from more than 25 countries, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Germany, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Egypt, Palestine, Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, Kenya, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Oman, Malaysia, Jordan and Iran were in the delegation.

Terming India's policy of intransigence as the biggest hurdle in the way of peace in South Asia, the AJK president said that an inclusive dialogue, involving all the parties, including the Kashmiri representatives was imperative to find a lasting solution to the long-drawn conflict.

Referring to third-party mediation, the AJK president said that countries like US should play the role of mediation to solve this problem once and for all.

While referring to the fast deteriorating situation in the Indian Occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the AJK president said that the international community has a moral responsibility to get the dispute resolved in line with the UNSC resolutions, besides guaranteeing the right to self-determination to the people of Kashmir, also provided a comprehensive roadmap for an amicable settlement of the dispute.

" All that Kashmiris want is that the United Nations must fulfil its obligations on Kashmir and make sure that the resolutions are implemented," the AJK president said, adding that India, which took the Kashmir issue to the United Nations, was now refusing to implement the UNSC resolutions that granted the right to self-determination to the people of Kashmir.

He said that Kashmiris had...