Omar asks Miliband to help reduce Indo-Pak tension

Jammu, Jan 14 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Omar Abdullah Wednesday asked visiting British Foreign
Secretary David Miliband to make the international community
play a bigger role in easing tension between India and
Pakistan.

Interacting with Miliband through teleconferencing,
Omar discussed with the visiting British dignitary a host of
issues related to the development of the state and the
well-being of its people.

Emphasising that good Indo-Pak ties would have a great
bearing on the people of the state, Abdullah asked Miliband to
help improve relations between the two neighbours that
nosedived following the Mumbai terror attacks.

Noting that confidence building measures including
cross-LoC (Line of Control) trade and people-to-people contact
between the two countries have generated goodwill, he said
such measures should be carried forward in the interest of
India and Pakistan.

The 38-year old chief minister sought Britain's
cooperation for modernising the technical education system in
the border state to ensure skill development in tune with
global job market requirements.

Observing that tackling unemployment in the state is
top on his agenda, he said skill development would go a long
way to enhance employability among youth and create new
employment avenues.