Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference on August 24 said it would meet Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee during his coming visit to Srinagar if he accepted the disputed nature of Kashmir and the talks were aimed at resolving the dispute.

"We will meet Vajpayee if he extends an invitation, accepts the disputed nature of Kashmir and the talks are aimed at resolving the dispute," Hurriyat chairman Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari said.

He said if the Prime Minister wanted to announce packages of roads and buildings and employment during his visit to the state, Hurriyat would have nothing to do with it.

"For that (economic package), he has an employee of the Centre in (Chief Minister) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed," he said.

Asked if Hurriyat would agree to meet Centre's interlocutor N N Vohra for working out the modalities for a meeting with the Prime Minister, Ansari said, "I will send someone to work out the details, if government of India feels it would help."

"But it does not befit the stature of Hurriyat, which is a representative body of aspiration of people of Jammu and Kashmir, to talk to a paid agent of the government," he said.

"If the Centre is serious about resolving the Kashmir issue, the talks with Hurriyat should be at the highest level."

Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had recently called for Nagaland-type of talks with Hurriyat.

PTI