New Delhi: The Centre's interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra today (October 29) held discussions with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani who is to hold talks with separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference.

Emerging from the one-hour long meeting also attended by Union Home Secretary N Gopalaswamy, he told reporters that Hurriyat had responded positively to nomination of Advani for holding talks with it.

He said the meeting deliberated over finalising modalities for holding talks with the Hurriyat.

The Centre last week nominated Advani to hold talks with Hurriyat, which had refused to meet Vohra, for restoration of peace in the state.

Vohra, who has held talks with a cross-section of the society in Jammu and Kashmir sans Hurriyat, is understood to have given his assessment about the ground situation and response of other groups in the state.

The former union home secretary, who was named Centre's Special Representative to hold talks with various sections in Jammu and Kashmir in February, has travelled to all the three regions of the state - Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh - in phases to discuss ways for restoration of peace there.

Hurriyat and some other separatist groups refused to meet him maintaining that they would not talk to a point-man but only with the political leadership.

PTI