New Delhi: A three-member delegation from the Hurriyat Conference belonging to the Syed Ali Shah Geelani faction met Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit on Thursday and handed over a letter of thanks for Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
In the letter, Geelani thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for adopting a hardline approach on Kashmir and going back to the stated stand of involvement of separatists in the dialogue on Kashmir whenever India and Pakistan meet to discuss the issue.
Geelani's top aides -- Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah and Altaf Ahmad -- met Basit at his office.
This was the first time Hurriyat members met the Pakistani envoy after the National Security Advisor (NSA) level talks in New Delhi were called off by Pakistan.
Geelani was slated to have a one-on-one conversation with Pakistan's NSA Sartaj Aziz while the latter was scheduled to be in India for talks with his Indian counterpart.
The NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan had been called off after Pakistan insisted on meeting separatist leaders while India maintained that their meeting could not be allowed.
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