Hurriyat (M) hits back at Geelani

Terms Mirwaiz’s Speech As “Historic” 

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Thursday said the remarks made by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at the 19th UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva, which drew flak from the parallel faction led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, were in accordance with the amalgam’s constitution.
Geelani had termed Mirwaiz’s statement on Hurriyat being ready to forgo international mediation on Kashmir, if India and Pakistan included the Kashmiri leadership in talks, as “contradictory to the Hurriyat’s 1993 constitution.”
In a statement issued here today , a Hurriyat Conference(M) spokesman said Mirwaiz during his “historical speech” at the UN session had ,while dwelling on the process of resolving vexed international issues on the basis of right to self determination, vigorously demanded the implementation of resolutions passed by the UN security council on Kashmir.
“The Mirwaiz had made it clear that there is no question of compromising on these promised and resolutions passed by the international community in favour of right to self determination of Kashmiris. He had said that Kashmiris have offered huge sacrifices in their struggle for attaining the right to self determination and since its inception Hurriyat has, and will, continue to represent this cause at local as well as international level,” the spokesman said.
“Citing the effectiveness of third party mediation in Middle East, Northern Island, Southern Sudan, Kosovo, Indonesia and other international issues, the Mirwaiz had said the resolution of Kashmir issue was of no lesser importance for international community. Mirwaiz had mentioned forgoing third party mediation on Kashmir issue only on the condition of India and Pakistan including Kashmiris, the principal party to the dispute, in the dialogue process, which is in accordance with the Hurriyat constitution.Hurriyat Conference will accept any peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue which is based on the right to self determination, that is according to the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiris,” the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, on the invitation of OIC Mirwaiz reached Saudi Arabia today where he will perform Umrah and later meet important dignitaries from OIC and other Muslim bodies, the spokesman added. (PBI)