Reaching out to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that addressing the alienation and emotional needs of the people is the key to a political solution in the state. In his opening remarks at the all party delegation meeting on Kashmir in New Delhi yesterday, Dr. Manmohan Singh said, this can be achieved only through sustained internal and external dialogue. He asserted that the government is ready to discuss all issues within the bounds of the democratic process and framework. The Prime minister urged all shades of political opinion to come forward for talks in a spirit of conciliation and dialogue. Making a call for a new beginning, the Prime Minister said, the state is only now emerging from the two decades of insurgency. He urged all political parties to build a consensus on a practical and realizable vision of the future of Jammu and Kashmir. He said, nothing will give him greater satisfaction than to see a permanent and just settlement of outstanding issues that protects the honour of all sections of people in the state. The Prime Minister said, majority of the people in the state are in favour of a peaceful resolution of all issues and that is why it is all the more important to ensure that the cycle of violence ends. Expressing sympathy with those who lost their lives in the recent violence, Dr. Manmohan Singh appealed to the youth to allow peace to prevail and go back to their schools. Spelling out the measures taken by the government, to address the aspiration of the people, the Prime Minister said that the line of control and border at various places has been opened to allow people in two parts of Kashmir to have greater interaction and trade besides holding talks in the round tables. Dr. Manmohan Singh announced the setting up of a committee to increase employability in the state. Leaders of various political parties including the National Conference and the Congress participated in the meeting. The meeting observed one minute silence as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in Kashmir violence and Ladakh cloudburst tragedy.