Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has said that Pakistan wants a change in the status quo in Kashmir but will not undertake any "unilateral flexibility" on the issue, English-language newspaper Dawn reported Friday.

Addressing a news conference Thursday in Karachi, Kasuri made it clear that "any flexibility has to be reciprocal. We are not talking in unilateral terms. There will not be unilateral flexibility."

He said that if neither of the parties moved from their stated positions, the cost of conflict would be disastrous, adding that there could not be lasting peace in the subcontinent unless the issue of Kashmir was resolved.

Kasuri stressed that the Line of Control, a cease-fire line in Kashmir, would not be accepted as a permanent border and Islamabad would not accept any solution unless the Kashmiris accepted it.

"Kashmiris should be brought on board as soon as possible to inject a sense of ownership over the process (of negotiations)," he said, adding that Pakistan could not accept any solution without them.

Source: Xinhua