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| China-Pakistan attempt to rake up Kashmir at UNSC falls flat | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI: The China and Pakistan's attempt to rake up Kashmir issue at the United Nations found no support at the rare closed-door United Nations Security Council consultative meet, which was called to discuss India's move to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir nearly two weeks back.
The UNSC consultative meeting was called at the request of China, which took up the letter written by Pakistani Foreign Minister earlier this week in the aftermath of New Delhi's decision to abrogate Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
In a major snub to Pakistan, India's permanent representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin said that Kashmir is India's internal matter and the Narendra Modi government's move to scrap Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir has no external ramifications.
"Our national position was and remains that matters related to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution are entirely an internal matter of India," Syed Akbaruddin said.
Akbaruddin continued to add, ''We note that there were some who tried to project an alarmist approach to the situation which is far from the ground realities. Of particular concern is that one state is using the terminology of 'jihad' against and promoting violence in India including by their leaders.''
Speaking on behalf of the Indian government, Akbaruddin said, ''We're committed to gradually removing all restrictions. Since the change is internal to India, have not made any difference to our external orientation. India remains committed to ensure that the situation in J&K remains calm and peaceful.''
On talks with Pakistan, Akbaruddin said, "Using terror to push goals is not the way normal states behave..stop terror to start talks"
Akbaruddin said, ''We are committed to Shimla Accord ...Let's wait for Pakistan's response.'' |
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