Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz, who is travelling to India for talks with NSA Ajit Doval on Sunday and Monday, will also meet with Kashmiri separatist leaders in Delhi, including hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Last year, India called off Foreign Secretary-level talks in Delhi after the Pakistani envoy to India insisted on meeting the separatists to consult them ahead of the planned discussion. That led to an immediate freeze in bilateral relations. It took an unexpected conferral in July between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif in Ufa to end the stand-off. They agreed that talks would resume with a meeting in Delhi between their National Security Advisers to discuss combatting terror. On Monday night, Prime Minister Modi, speaking in Dubai, spoke frankly and firmly about India’s complaints with Pakistan without taking any names. “Those who are the intended recipients of this message will get it,” he said, “it’s time to make a choice – do you stand with humanity or terrorism?” But the opposition and Yashwant Sinha, a senior leader from the PM’s party, have said talks with Pakistan should not be held at a time when Pakistan’s targeting of India continues unabated. Cross-border firing in Jammu and Kashmir has escalated sharply in recent days, and both countries summoning each other’s envoys to protest recurring violations of a ceasefire that was declared in 2003. India is also seething over recent terror attacks planned across the border. Last month, three civilians and three policemen were killed in a 12-hour gunbattle after Pakistani terrorists stormed a police station in Punjab. Just days later, Pakistani terrorist Naveed was caught after he attacked a military convoy on a major highway in the Jammu region. Naveed’s interrogation has confirmed details of his extensive training in Pakistan, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed.
Kashmiri Separatists Invited to Meet Pak NSA, Will India React?
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