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UN resolutions on Kashmir not
'self-enforcing': Kofi Annan

Annan, who had turned down Islamabad's persistent plea for third party mediation, said, "The only way out is dialogue'' between India and Pakistan and added he was 'encouraged' by the discussions held on this issue in the region.

''There are Security Council resolutions which are important, but they are not self-enforcing,'' Annan, on the last leg of his four-nation tour of South Asia, told reporters after wide-ranging one-to-one talks with External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh which were followed by delegation-level parleys.

On Annan's remarks that it was the right time for resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue, Singh said "We appreciate the very wise counsel of the UN Secretary General."

India, as initiators of the dialogue, remains committed to it. ''The timing and venue etc. have to be decided by the dialogue partners themselves," he said.

New Delhi, Singh said, 'continues to hold that for the dialogue to be successful, a conducive atmosphere must be prepared first.''

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