SRINAGAR, April 26: The local leader of India’s main opposition Congress party has met with New Delhi’s new interlocuter on Kashmir and assured full support for peace through dialogue.

N.N. Vohra, who was made the new pointman on Kashmir in February, arrived in Srinagar on Monday for a week-long tour to talk to elected representatives and other sectors of Kashmiri society.

But separatists have refused to meet with him and instead are seeking dialogue at the “highest level.”

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the head of the Congress party in Kashmir, met with Vohra late Friday.

“I told Vohra that Congress is committed to all possible efforts being made to secure a peaceful solution through the dialogue process,” Azad told AFP.

Congress is a coalition partner in Kashmir’s state government.

“Congress strongly supports the government of India’s decision to initiate a peace process in Kashmir,” Azad said.

“We stressed that the dialogue should be held with all sections of civil society and political parties in Kashmir three regions of Jammu, the Kashmir valley and Ladakh,” Azad said.

Most of the pro-India groups that have met with Vohra have stressed talks should be held with separatists and militants.—AFP