Washington (PID AJK) President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has said that the United States should play its role to bring about a lasting solution to the Kashmir issue that has been the main cause and consequence of rights violations in the region.
The AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry made these assertions during his meeting with the US Deputy Secretary of State Elizabeth Horst here today. Bureau head of South Asia, Central Asia and Pakistan Christopher Jester was also present in the meeting.
On the occasion, the president while briefing the US Deputy Secretary of State Elizabeth Horst about the worsening political and human rights situation in the occupied Kashmir, Barrister Chaudhary said that in the aftermath of 5th August 2019, the violation of human rights at the hands of the Indian occupation forces have intensified to a great extent.
“Killing of innocent Kashmiris and arbitrary arrests of civilians, harassment and humiliation of common citizens have become a new normal”, he said adding that the Kashmiri people who have been trapped in extremely difficult situations were desperately looking for help from civilized nations.Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry specially emphasized in this meeting that the United States should play its role in implementing the UN resolutions to resolve the Kashmir issue once and for all.
Being the only superpower, he said, America must use its diplomatic influence to resolve the issue of Occupied Kashmir.Later, while talking to the journalists the AJK president said that the dire situation in the Indian occupied Kashmir merits urgent attention of the international community particularly the Unites States of America.He said that a deeper engagement on the part of the USA was imperative to find a lasting and permanent solution to the Kashmir issue and bring an end to violence and bloodshed in the region.
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