New Delhi: After endorsing the interface between Kashmiri leaders across the divide in Kathmandu, Government is contemplating several measures including easing restriction on travel abroad of Hurriyat leaders to take the peace process forward.

The signal to Pakistan is that all sections of Kashmiris are being "involved" in the process for resolution of the protracted issue, Government sources said.

Except for hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and JK Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Shah, all other Hurriyat leaders attended the three-day meet in Kathmandu where they discussed the Kashmir problem at length.

There was a consensus that violence should be abjured and a solution to the Kashmir problem should be by means of negotiations. There was no demand for them being "united".

Government feels these as interesting approaches.

New Delhi is pursuing a broad and measured approach of rationality and patience without expecting early breakthroughs or quick-fix solutions to complex issues, the sources said.

Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will be meeting his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Khokhar in Islamabad later this month when they will discuss peace and security, JK and review the progress on other subjects of the composite dialogue process.

Indications are that National Security Adviser J N Dixit will continue his meetings with Pakistani counterpart Tariq Aziz away from media glare. The sources said their discussions have been held in an extremely frank manner on specifics.

The sources said that Government was in touch with all dissident groups in JK and felt that there should be no restriction on the movement of Hurriyat leaders.

The Hurriyat leaders have been wanting to visit Pakistan. New Delhi has taken the line that while Centre has no objection to talking to them, it saw no reason for the separatist group's direct participation in what is purely a bilateral Government-to-Government issue.

The assessment in official circles is that militancy in JK has come down not because of any qualitative change in the political atmosphere but because of a number of factors including stepped up vigil along the borders, fencing, winter months and the erosion of the support base of the militants.

Keen to develop the 'peace constituency', Government's main focus is on enhancing people-to-people contacts between the two countries. Increasing bus and train linkages form part of these measures.

The two sides are also discussing nuclear risk reduction arrangements in the expert-level talks on nuclear confidence building measures.

A marginal movement forward in bilateral trade has been made. This is an area where India seeks a quantum jump.

On the border talks with China, two rounds of which have been held by Special Representatives, Dixit and Dai Bingguo, the sources said "some progress" has been made but there were "no breaking points".

The sources acknowledged that "serious differences" persisted on the territorial dimension.