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Call to follow N.Ireland deal to solve Kashmir dispute

INDIA: A key Kashmiri separatist said on Wednesday that he hoped India and Pakistan would learn from the Northern Ireland power-sharing deal.

Protestant leader Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland’s new First Minister, said there was a real chance for “lasting peace” as he took office with Catholic former terrorist Martin McGuinness as his deputy on Tuesday.

“We congratulate the two warring sides for choosing reconciliation over confrontation,” Mirwaiz Umar Farooq told AFP.

Farroq said he has sent his congratulations to the leaders in Belfast. “The pact offers a big hope to the people in other conflict zones, including Kashmir,” said Farooq, who heads a moderate faction of the region’s main separatist alliance, the Hurriyat Conference.

Farooq has been opposed to hardliners who want to join Indian-held Kashmir with Pakistan and has pushed instead for a negotiated settlement leading to independence.

“I think India and Pakistan should take a cue from the recent pact and try to move fast towards resolving the dispute over Kashmir,” said Farooq.

India and Pakistan each hold Kashmir in part but claim it in full. A revolt against New Delhi’s rule since 1989 has claimed over 42,000 lives by official count.

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