BRUSSELS: President Pervez Musharraf urged India on Tuesday to make early concessions to resolve the decades-old dispute over Kashmir, saying he was optimistic a solution was within reach.

President Musharraf spoke during a visit to Brussels before a meeting, scheduled for the end of this week, with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana, Cuba. “The objective is within reach ... I am really hopeful the process will move forward,” he told an audience of European lawmakers. President Musharraf insisted it was India’s turn to make concessions and take into account the long-running positive indications from Islamabad. “We will not move away from our stance until we see India move away from its stance,” he said. “We have to engage in out-of-the-box thinking ... An out-of-the-box solution is required,” he said.

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