"I am for demilitarisation (in Kashmir). If they (India) agree to that, we will too," Musharraf told the Saudi newspaper Arab News at the weekend, according to his spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan.

"We are very flexible. We are absolutely open to moving forward to the ultimate solution. You cannot clap with one hand, you can only clap with two," the spokesman quoted Musharraf as saying.

Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan -- who have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir -- signed a historic deal early Sunday to open five crossings on the Himalayan territory's de facto border from November 7.

Musharraf himself originally proposed the opening of the heavily militarised Line of Control around a week and a half after the October 8 disaster, which killed more than 56,000 people in Pakistan and India.

His latest remarks come a year after he first suggested demilitarising Kashmir, currently split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both, and either placing it under United Nations mandate, joint control or giving it independence.

When asked if he thought the quake could help resolve the bitter dispute over Kashmir, Musharraf was quoted as saying: "This is an opportunity."

India has pledged 25 million dollars to Pakistan to help provide relief to more than 3.3 million people made homeless by the earthquake, but the two countries have struggled to overcome differences on other aid proposals.

Pakistan and India launched a slow-moving peace process in January 2004 but groups opposed to the peace moves came under suspicion after three blasts killed 62 people in New Delhi on Saturday.

Pakistan denounced the bombings as an act of "criminal terrorism" and called for a thorough investigation.