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Top separatist leaders leave for Pakistani portion of Kashmir

(2 Jun 2005) 1. Wide of delegation head Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's headquarters 2. Various of policemen 3. Wide people chanting 4. Car passing through the crowds 5. Various of people chanting 6. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing people 7. People on top of bus with flags 8. Women lining roadside; chanting 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Yasin Malik, Kashmiri separatist leader: "I'm going there with the transparent, democratic verdict of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and I hope it will be respected and honoured and Kashmiri people will be given seat at the peace table." 10. Various of women chanting 11. Yasin Malik getting into car 12. Cavalcade leaves 13. Exterior of All Parties Hurriyat Conference office 14. Security 15. Supporters shouting slogans 16. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Head of Delegation: "Hurriyat Conference will try to meet all sections of people in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and evolve a consensus on the Kashmir issue. At this crucial juncture when the Kashmir issue has reached the negotiating table from the battlefield, you Kashmiris have to show a vision, exhibit maturity of understanding and all people irrespective of which party they belong to, have to take the caravan forward." 17. Cavalcade of vehicles outside Hurriyat office 18. Hurriyat leaders waving from balcony 19. People dancing and waving flags 20. Cars leaving STORYLINE : Dozens of supporters cheered top moderate Kashmiri separatist leaders as they left for the heavily militarised frontier between India and Pakistan on Thursday, to cross over to the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed territory for the first time in six decades. The visit by nine separatist leaders is expected to boost initiatives by India and Pakistan to settle the Kashmir dispute, the root cause of two of their three wars since they won independence from Britain in 1947. Yasin Malik, a former militant leader whose Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front is now a political party demanding independence for the Indian portion of Kashmir, once travelled this same route transporting guns. He said that although his mission was the same - to resolve the Kashmir problem - he now travels in peace. The two capitals of divided Kashmir were linked in April by a bus service as a confidence building step. Kashmir's chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was given a big send off by hundreds of his supporters as he set out for his journey to the Pakistani-portion of Kashmir. "Umar go forward, we are with you," chanted the supporters as they followed Farooq's car in overcrowded buses. However, the euphoria created by the visit of separatist leaders was dampened somewhat by the rejection of Pakistan's invitation by veteran Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who heads the hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. The United Jehad Council, a collection of armed rebel groups based in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, also said it will not meet the visiting leaders from Indian-held Kashmir. After opposing the Hurriyat leaders' visit to Pakistan for several years, Indian authorities agreed to issue permits for the bus trip to Pakistan's portion of Kashmir. Passports were also issued to the Hurriyat leaders to facilitate their trip to Islamabad. After spending a few days in the Pakistani portion of Kashmir, the moderate separatist leaders are scheduled to travel to the capital to meet the Pakistani leadership. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...