JAMMU: Former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today batted for friendly ties between India and Pakistan but cautioned that there were elements across the border that do not want peace.
“Be it today, tomorrow or after 10 years, it is important for us to have friendship with Pakistan.
“See, we have a border area and when there is shelling who suffers? The people of Delhi don’t suffer, it is the people who live here along the border that suffer,” Abdullah said on the sidelines of a function at Akhnoor today.
Noting that people have to leave their houses, land and cattle behind and run to save their lives during shelling, he said, “When will all this end? There is no way forward but only friendship.”
However, Abdullah said there were “some people” across the border who don’t want friendship between the two countries.
“Yes, there are some people across the border who don’t want friendship and to defeat them we should adopt the path of dialogue which would weaken the forces that don’t want peace between India and Pakistan,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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