*New Delhi*: Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said neitherArmy nor the militants would achieve their goals through guns in Kashmir.

Peace, he said, was the only way to improve the situation in Kashmir thathad been witnessing militancy for about three decades now.

There is hope that the situation in Kashmir will improve…it’s not gonewrong. There are some youths in Kashmir who have strayed and have beenradicalised. They think they can achieve their goal through guns.

But the time is not far when even they will be convinced that neither theforces nor the terrorists will be able to achieve their goal. We have totogether find a way for peace and we will be successful in that, Rawat said.

The Army chief was speaking at the 70th foundation day of Jammu and KashmirLight Infantry regiment.

It is wrong to say that situation in Kashmir has deteriorated. Theatmosphere is vitiated but the situation has not deteriorated, he said.

Rawat, who served extensively in Kashmir through his tenure, said theconcept of Kashmiryat’ had to be brought back and the process initiatedfrom the University of Kashmir.

He noted that ‘Unity in Diversity’ was the real essence of Kashmiriyat andit is important to inform the youth about it.

To revive that Kashmiriyat, we need to get our act together. It is notdifficult. We have to get our act together, sit down together, worktogether and make sure that we all get united and bring about peace, headded.