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Kashmiris Learning Lessons from Cambodia


 By Phnom Penh ,Cambodia (PR)               Intra-Kashmir deligation.JPG
A group of individuals comprising educationists, journalists, peace
and human rights activists, researchers and members of civil society
organizations from both sides of Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir
are currently visiting Cambodia.
 The study tour includes conferences, workshops, and interactions with
Cambodian people. This visit is sponsored by Conciliation Resources in
fellowship with Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Phnom Penh.
Press for Peace team is also a part of this delegation.
The delegation visited provinces Battambong and Siem Reip and parts of
Pnom Pehn. Before civil war Battambong was the largest and richest
province in Cambodia and during the days of strife and tension, the
whole area was viewed with much suspicion by Khmer Rouge leaders.
Suspicion, disbelief and lack of trust on people residing across the
Line of Control is one of the major hurdles in advancement of peace
and harmony in Jammu & Kashmir.
Sharing his learning after a tour to Siem Reip, Cambodia, Press for
Peace(PFP( Director Raja Wasim said that Jammu & Kashmir and Cambodia
were two different examples of political conflicts but there were
great similarities in tragedies faced by people of these two conflict
zones. He observed that the biggest hurdle in achieving peace in a
conflict area was the non-existence of a mutually agreed platform by
different communities affected by that conflict.
 To address this critical problem associated with Kashmir conflict, he
highlighted the urgent need of a mutually agreed platform which should
be supported by people of all religions, regions and races in the
state of Jammu & Kashmir.  He expressed his willingness to extend his
organisation’s full support for enhancing interactions and
understandings between different communities in Jammu & Kashmir.
PFP News & Views info@pressforpeace.org.uk

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