"Before holding third round of talks with India we should be allowed to go to Pakistan for talks there," Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the head of moderate faction of Indian Kashmir's main separatist alliance -- the All Parties Hurriyat Conference -- told the state-owned television Doordarshan overnight.

He said the visit to Pakistan would "enhance the possibility of having a fruitful dialogue (with India)".

India has been resisting pleas by Kashmiri separatists to visit Pakistan, insisting that Pakistan cannot be involved in domestic problems of Kashmiris.

The scenic Himalayan region is in the throes of a 15-year-old insurgency against Indian rule that has so far left thousands dead.