NEW DELHI, Dec 31: A three-member delegation of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, headed by its chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, will leave here for Islamabad on Monday for talks with Pakistani leadership over Kashmir issue and to express solidarity with the quake-hit people.

“We are leaving for Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to express solidarity with our brethren there who suffered as a result of devastating earthquake of October 8,” the Mirwaiz said in Srinagar.

“In addition, we will be holding talks with the leadership of the governments of Pakistan and AJK on the Kashmir issue,” he added.

“We will discuss with them issues like self-governance, demilitarization and the steps required to mitigate the sufferings of the people of the state,” he said.

Mr Farooq said that the Indian government was slow in the ongoing Indo-Pakistan dialogue process.—APP

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