India-U.S. Relations
Brief for the US Congress by Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress USA.
We also look to all parties to do their part to ensure that the upcoming elections can be held in safetyand without interference from those who would like to spoil them, for those who do not wish to see peace andreconciliation. Kashmiri’s want to run or vote in the elections. And if they do so, they should be allowedto do so, without endangering their lives. Elections alone, however, cannot resolve the problems between Indiaand Pakistan, nor can they erase the scars of so many years of strife. Elections can however, be a first stepin a broader process that begins to address Kashmiri grievances, and leads India and Pakistan back todialogue.”