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Positive signs for resumption of Indo-Pak talks: UK

Despite an abrupt end to the India-Pakistan summit at Agra, Britain has said "there are some encouraging signs" for resumption of dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad.

"There are some encouraging signs. We are hopeful that the talks will continue," a spokesman for the British foreign and commonwealth office said Thursday.

Referring to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, he said, "Besides, there is a possibility of the two leaders meeting in New York in September when they travel to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly session."

Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front president in the United Kingdom and Europe, Shabir Choudary, said his party was not against the summit.

"It was important for India and Pakistan to sit down and sort out their bilateral problems including economics and trade. But as far as Kashmir is concerned, it is not bilateral. There has to be a tripartite meeting -- India, Pakistan and the leadership of Kashmir," he said.

"Unless and until we are part of the dialogue process, there can be no solution to the Kashmir dispute."

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