ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Saturday said devastating earthquake in his country could become a backdrop for improved relations with India.
The quake, which killed 74,000 Kashmir residents and left more than 3.5 million people homeless, could result in an agreement between the two nations on ownership of the disputed region, Musharraf said.
Musharraf made the plea for peace with India during a meeting of potential relief donors in Islamabad, the Press Trust of India reported.
"The earthquake has created a unique feeling of togetherness, of an urge to help each other within people of Kashmir on both sides of LoC and more than that within the people of India and Pakistan," he said. "Therefore, I sincerely and genuinely believe that the challenge of this earthquake can be converted into an opportunity of lifetime which was never available to India and Pakistan to improve relations."
Musharraf appealed to everyone involved in the Kashmir dispute as well as media in both countries to "together solve the Kashmir dispute once for all."
