ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has trashed former President Pervez Musharraf's four-point formula to resolve the Kashmir issue, saying it was "his thinking" which did not have the endorsement of Parliament or cabinet and suggested a fresh approach to address the vexed problem.
Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who will be meeting external affairs minister S M Krishna here on July 15, said the two countries should build on progress made in any area and look at ways to make progress where it has not been done.
"Any issue, whether it is Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, water, any issue where progress can be made, should be made. Where it hasn't been made, we should look at ways and means how to make progress.
Where progress has been made, let us build on it further," Qureshi said in a wide-ranging interaction.
Asked whether his government endorses the four-point formula floated by Musharraf in December 2006 to resolve the Kashmir issue, he said, "The four-point formula that General Musharraf made then was his thinking. It was being done through quiet back-channel diplomacy."
"We are a democracy, Parliament has to own them, Parliament has to endorse them, Cabinet has to discuss them," the foreign minister said, adding that these proposals were "neither discussed by cabinet, nor endorsed by Parliament. So, as democrats, there are certain Parliamentary procedures that we have to fulfill."
Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who will be meeting external affairs minister S M Krishna here on July 15, said the two countries should build on progress made in any area and look at ways to make progress where it has not been done.
"Any issue, whether it is Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, water, any issue where progress can be made, should be made. Where it hasn't been made, we should look at ways and means how to make progress.
Where progress has been made, let us build on it further," Qureshi said in a wide-ranging interaction.
Asked whether his government endorses the four-point formula floated by Musharraf in December 2006 to resolve the Kashmir issue, he said, "The four-point formula that General Musharraf made then was his thinking. It was being done through quiet back-channel diplomacy."
"We are a democracy, Parliament has to own them, Parliament has to endorse them, Cabinet has to discuss them," the foreign minister said, adding that these proposals were "neither discussed by cabinet, nor endorsed by Parliament. So, as democrats, there are certain Parliamentary procedures that we have to fulfill."
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