Srinagar, Dec. 16 :    Srinagar, Dec. 16:  The chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Abdul Gani Bhat, feels that picking up the thread of peace in Kashmir is a 'hazardous move' and can 'cost the Hurriyat leaders their lives'. 'But the risk is worth it,' he told The Telegraph during an interview. 'All parties have to enter into purposeful negotiations to achieve a breakthrough,' he added. Bhat pointed out that the 'ceasefire is not an end in itself but the means to an end. If you call a ceasefire and don't move forward, the ceasefire will mean nothing, particularly when it is unilateral'. The ceasefire, Bhat said, has to be extended. 'They will have to extend it. Otherwise, a one-month ceasefire call will mean nothing.' Reacting to reports about a possible split in the separatist umbrella group, Bhat said: 'There are no differences. We are one and the recent statements by various leaders relate to irrelevant issues.' He said the Hurriyat executive would meet on Sunday. Observers feel that the meeting at the Hurriyat headquarters in Rajbagh could be stormy. Abdul Gani Lone, who favours a dialogue, is expected to come face to face with the unrelenting Syed Ali Shah Geelani for the first time since Lone's return from Pakistan where he solemnised his son's marriage to JKLF leader Amanullah Khan's daughter. The meeting will be attended by all the executive members. Asked if the Hurriyat had approached the government for permission to visit Pakistan, Bhat said: 'We are undertaking a hazardous exercise which can even cost us our lives. Therefore, the question of requesting any party to allow us to move seems to me irrelevant.' 'We are on a mission. And people on missions will have to enjoy the confidence of all parties,' he said. 'We will talk to our boys who have rejected the unilateral ceasefire announced by the Prime Minister. Boys with guns are the hardest people to be faced.' 'That is our primary objective. The boys are sacrificing their lives. They are offering huge sacrifices and that is why I said they are the hardest,' he added. Bhat said a visit to Pakistan would create a conducive climate and narrow 'distances between the two countries'. He said the confederation so far has not received any offer of talks from the government. 'Miracles don't happen in a day. A 52-year-long dispute cannot be expected to be sorted out in a day. But there has to be a move forward. The path is strewn with thorns and the pricks can cause cancer. We have to tread cautiously,' he added.