Kashmiris freedom struggle is not terrorism: Jamali

"Kashmiris' valiant struggle for their right to self-determination is cynically sought to be portrayed by India as terrorism," he said at a banquet he hosted late Sunday for Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"The people of Jammu and Kashmir have been struggling for their right to self-determination pledged to them by the United Nations Security Council more than half a century back," he said in reference to resolutions, dating back to 1948, urging a plebiscite.

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Jamali's comments came as both Erdogan and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, who also visited Islamabad on Sunday, urged Pakistan and India to resolve the 56-year-old Kashmir dispute through talks.

Pakistan and India are currently trying to bridge tensions by restoring ambassadorial, transport and direct business links severed since December 2001, when New Delhi blamed Pakistan for an attack on its parliament and mobilised hundreds of thousands of troops to its western borders.