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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has accepted an invitation to hold Indo-Pak talks in Srinagar, four lawyers of the Kashmir Bar Association, who visited Islamabad, said on Saturday.
The lawyers -- G N Shaheen, G N Hagroo, Mohammad Amin Bhat and Mohammad Ashraf -- had gone to attended a conference on "Peace Through Law".
"General Musharraf accepted our invitation to visit Kashmir in respect and honour of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and described this peace initiative as a step forward in search of peace," they said.
"Gen Musharraf reiterated his urge for a comprehensive and meaningful dialogue with India at any level, anywhere and anytime for resolution of Kashmir issue, de-escalation on borders and normalisation of bilateral relations," the lawyers said.
"The Pakistan president appreciated our idea of holding an Indo-Pak summit at Srinagar to be hosted by the people of Jammu and Kashmir," Shaheen said.
The lawyers denied reports that their visit to Pakistan was aimed at convincing the various militant leaders to join the state assembly polls being held later this year. "This is a malicious propaganda. Election was not our agenda," they said.
Mohammad Amin Bhat said that the Pakistani president assured "us that his government shall continue to extend moral, political and diplomatic support to the freedom struggle of the people of Jammu and Kashmir".
The lawyers hoped that "Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would appreciate our peace initiative and accept the proposal..."
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