"I hope that peace will return and a solution can be reached through dialogue and talk," Narayanan said on the sidelines of a program here.
Asked if he would talk to Gurung, Narayanan replied, "If Gurung wants to talk to me then I will surely talk."
Narayanan's statement came a day after he ruled out the possibility of his mediation in the Darjeeling hills, which saw return of normalcy today with a four day relaxation in the indefinite bandh called by the GJM since August three.