SRINAGAR, Jan 5: Chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Gilani has urged Saarc leaders to persuade India to initiate a serious, sincere and meaningful dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue.

The Kashmir Media Service quoted from a letter addressed to the Saarc heads of state on the occasion of the association's 12th summit, the APHC chairman said efforts for peace would prove to be an exercise in futility if the Kashmir dispute remained unresolved.

Mr Gilani stressed the need for resolving the dispute in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.-APP