US Ambassador meets J&K CM

Jammu, Mar 17 (PTI) US Ambassador to India Timothy J
Roemer Thursday met Chief Minister of northern Indian state
Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah during which the two
discussed matters pertaining to the state.
Roemer arrived here this morning on a two-day visit to
the state and his meeting with the Chief Minister is his only
political engagement.
Political observers feel that his meeting with the
Chief Minister was a clear message to separatist leaders --
moderate as well as hardline -- that the US will not support
any group indulging in violence.
Roemer will not be meeting leaders of any other
political party or their representatives including that of the
state's main opposition PDP. He has confined his engagements
to meeting children and non-political NGOs.
During his stay in the state, he will be offering
prayers at Hazratbal mosque and Shankaracharya temple besides
meeting children of a school before flying out of Kashmir
tomorrow evening, officials privy to the visit said.
US Envoys to India have been visiting Jammu and
Kashmir during the peak of militancy in 1990s.