SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- A five-member delegation led by India's former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday initiated a Track II diplomacy in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir to end an ongoing deadlock in the region.
The move is aimed at reaching out to separatists and help breaking the ice between separatist groups and New Delhi.
"Soon after delegation arrived here, they drove straight to the residence of Syed Ali Geelani at Hyderpora and held meeting with him," a police official said.
Sinha along with his team later called on other separatist leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and others.
Geelani is under house arrest, while as Mirwaiz was shifted to his residence on Monday from a sub-jail after about 60 days.
"We talked in a very cordial atmosphere. Our aim was to talk (to separatists) and we have been successful in that," Sinha told reporters after coming out of Geelani's residence.
"We are few people, who I must call, people of goodwill. We have come here on humanitarian grounds and to share the pain and sufferings of people."
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