Let it be granted straightaway that the present government did nothing to incur worldwide economic sanctions against Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif government blundered into regions where he should not have without calculating the risks he was exposing the country to. The Indian interior minister and minister for Kashmir affairs, Lal Krishan Advani, said that tripartite negotiations were out of the question. They were unacceptable because it meant that India had recognized Kashmir as an independent state, he added. The issue of Kashmir is in a crisis situation.
Tripartite negotiation can be a positive step to solve the issue.
It is a fact that India will play the main part in solving it. Gen. Pervez Musharraf has left for official visit to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.