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Hurriyat to have closed door meeting with Musharraf

Hurriyat Conference leaders would have a closed door meeting with Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf and Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar during a reception at the residence of Pakistani High Commissioner on July 14, Hurriyat sources said on Tuesday.

The reception is likely to be attended by six out of the seven executive members of the Hurriyat Conference as Yaseen Malik, who represents Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, is away in London.

While three leaders including Hurriyat Conference Chairman Abdul Gani Bhat, Sheikh Aziz and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq were camping in capital, fire-brand Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Gani Lone and Maulana Abass Ansari would be flying in before the weekend.

When asked to confirm the reports about the meeting, Bhat said, "I refuse to comment on this. The Hurriyat Conference wrote to Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. While the former responded, the latter is yet to reply."

About the possibility of a meeting, he quoted Musharraf's letter in which he had said, "I look forward to an opportunity to meet you during my visit to India."

Bhat said 'he viewed the word opportunity with great significance and obviously the reception provides the same'.

About the opening of check posts in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, "India wants to build confidence, we want resolution of the conflict. This is the difference."

PTI

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