ISLAMABAD – Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg statement over OccupiedKashmir related to use of Military Force comes as a diplomatic blow forIndia.
She said the Kashmir dispute between the nuclear armed neighbours could notbe solved only from a military standpoint.
Solberg made these remarks while sitting down for an interview with Indiannews outlet *NDTV,* on the eve of her meeting with Prime Minister NarendraModi in New Delhi.
Last November, the former Prime Minister of Norway, Kjell Magne Bondevik,visited the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) and met leaders of the freedommovement there.
He was on a private visit at the invitation to meet leaders in Azad Jammuand Kashmir (AJK) as well.
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When asked on Bondevik’s view that there can be no military solution toKashmir, Solberg said, “I don’t think there is a military solution to anysituation like this.
I think you have to have a popular support. You have to have good trustbetween the partners in any region where still there is a conflict but wedon’t have a special meaning about whether it is a military solution inKashmir or not.
“What we have learnt is that you have to bring in popular support and bygetting women and youth into a peace process and that’s when you build asolid peace in an area where there have been a conflict.”