All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Azad Jammu & Kashmir chapter has welcomed India-Pakistan joint statement on commencing composite dialogue in next month to resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir.
The convenor APHC AJK Chapter, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani expressed satisfaction over ``positive' outcome of meeting between the President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee during which they pledged to carry forward the process of normalisation of relations.
He said that Kashmir is an international issue for last half century and Indian occupation forces have martyred over 80 thousand innocent Kashmiris during that period.
He appealed to Pakistan and India to include genuine Kashmiri leadership in dialogue process so that longstanding issue of Kashmir could be resolved in accordance with aspirations of Kashmiris. He reiterated that liberation struggle will continue till the issue is resolved on permanent basis.