Amalgam ready for negotiated settlement: Mirwaiz

Srinagar: The moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference today said it is ready for a negotiated settlement of the Kashmir issue but the Centre has to exhibit seriousness by engaging popular sentiments in the state at political level.
The experiment of interlocutors has been a failure, amalgam chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq told a rally in North Kashmir in Kupwara district, some 100-km from here.
“If the Central government is serious and sincere in finding a solution to the Kashmir issue, they have to engage popular sentiments and aspirations of the people at political level,” he said.
The Hurriyat wants a peaceful resolution of the issue through talks among India, Pakistan and the Kashmiris and is willing to discuss various alternatives put forth so far, the Hurriyat softliner said.