A hardline separatist leader in Indian Kashmir says he is ready to hold talks on Kashmir if India cannot implement the UN resolutions.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani had up until now been seeking statehood for Kashmir in accordance with the UN resolutions.

But little progress has been made since 1948 when the United Nations adopted a resolution designed to determine whether the Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir should belong to India or Pakistan.

[Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Separatist Leader, Indian Kashmir]:
"We have said that if India is not ready to implement the UN resolutions, then this issue can be resolved through talks. We have brought this flexibility. What more flexibility can we bring?"

Geelani says nobody in India is ready to talk or to resolve the issue.

India and Pakistan, who claim the whole of Kashmir, have fought two of their three wars over the region.

Tens of thousands of people have died in the past two decades of violence.