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The President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has come out with a bold statement claiming that the militants operating in Jammu and Kashmir are terrorists. This statement by Zardari seems to put him just opposite to former Pakistani President Musharraf who described these militants as freedom fighters. He also stated that Pakistan is not worried about India and does not find it to be a threat to Pakistan. Pakistan has no objection regarding India's nuclear deal with US, he further added.
Earlier speaking about the relation between India and Pakistan, Zardari said that the issue of Kashmir should not evolve up as an obstacle in maintaining the mutual relationship between the two countries. He is hopeful of better ties between the countries and plans for a free trade agreement with India. Zardari finds India as one of the biggest neighboring trade partners. These statements by the Pakistani President are surely going to create a viable platform for taking ahead the relation of the two South-Asian countries.
Recently, Asif Ali Zardari has met with the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh during the UN General Assembly meeting at New York. The statement of President Zardari is supposed to be one of remarkable statements by any Pakistani top leader. The acceptance of the fact by Pakistan that militants of Jammu and Kashmir are not freedom fighters will surely demoralize the insurgents group operating there. This will help India to curb the bloody terrorist operations that are going on for the past couple of months.
