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India not reciprocating, says Mirwaiz

Washington: Moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has accused New Delhi of not ``reciprocating'' the gestures by Islamabad for finding an amicable solution to the Kashmir problem.

The Mirwaiz, who is here to participate in seminars organised by the Kashmiri-American Council, told reporters that Pakistan had been very accommodative.

``But I see no flexibility in India's attitude...Unless India reciprocates, I do not see the peace process going anywhere.''

``When we met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he promised to take a number of steps to improve the situation, to make life easy for ordinary Kashmiris but nothing happened,'' he said, accusing the Centre of not fulfilling promises made to Pakistan and the Kashmiri separatist leadership.

The 33-year-old separatist leader went on to describe Dr. Singh as ``a sweet person, nice to talk to'' but said ``he never takes any concrete step to fulfil his pledges.'' — PTI

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