"If somebody has today batted for talks, it is nothing new. We have repeatedly said that gun is no solution to solve Kashmir issue and attempts have been made in the past but they have failed," Omar told reporters outside the state assembly in Jammu.
The leader of the National Conference legislative party said, "If you have to resolve this issue, then talks are only way to resolve it."
Omar was replying to a question about the People’s Democratic Party batting for talks with Pakistan and international stakeholders like Hurriyat to resolve Kashmir issue.
Omar said "What initiative do you talk of? Please come out with my speeches of last six years. Whether it is the chief minister's internal security conference, Unified Command meetings, 26 January and 15 August speeches... and I have repeatedly reiterated in those speeches -- there is no other alternative other than the talks to resolve the issue."
Image: Former Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah