Below is the quote from Sameer Patil.
“The cancellation could not have come at a more unfortunate time for the Kashmir Valley,” Sameer Patil, a fellow in national security studies at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, a Mumbai-based think tank, told BenarNews.
“The Valley had high hopes from these talks. Although the Kashmir issue was not on the agenda, the expected momentum from these talks could have resulted in the reduction of hostilities along the border and created the necessary conditions for discussing other contentious issues,” he added.
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