UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (APP): Delegates of India and Pakistan Thursday got into a fresh verbal duel in the UN Security Council ministerial-level meeting on food security, after Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari denounced New Delhi’s repressive actions in occupied Kashmir, saying it is “implementing a racist policy” in the disputed territory.<\/p>\n
The Indian delegate to the UN reacted to FM Bilawal’s pointed words, claiming that Kashmir was an integral part of India and accusing Pakistan of being involved in terrorism.<\/p>\n
Exercising his right of reply, Pakistan’s delegate Imran Khan rejected India’s claim that Jammu and Kashmir was its part.<\/p>\n
“Jammu and Kashmir is not and has never been a part of India,” Khan, a counselor in the Pakistan mission to the UN, said, adding that any official UN map can verify that the Himalayan state is \u201cdisputed territory\u201d.<\/p>\n
“As stipulated in the Security Council resolution 47(1948), the ‘final disposition’ of the State of Jammu and Kashmir is to be decided by the people of Jammu & Kashmir through a fair and impartial plebiscite, to be held under UN auspices,” he said.<\/p>\n
Pointing out that India had accepted the UN Security Council resolutions, but he said they remain to be implemented.<\/p>\n
“India\u2019s refusal to do so, for over seven decades now, constitutes a flagrant and continuing violation of the Security Council resolutions, of the UN Charter, and the international law,” the Pakistani delegate said.<\/p>\n
“The Indian government\u2019s unilateral and illegal actions of 5 August 2019, to rob occupied Jammu and Kashmir of its identity, to oppress its people with 900,000 occupying troops and to change Jammu & Kashmir\u2019s demography from a Muslim majority state to a Hindu majority state have narrowed the space for dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir.”<\/p>\n
As regards India\u2019s allegations regarding terrorism, the Pakistani delegate said that they are nothing but a smokescreen to conceal state terrorism against the Kashmiri people.<\/p>\n
History bears testimony that colonizers and occupiers often attempt to justify their suppression of legitimate struggles for self-determination and freedom by portraying them as \u201cterrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n
But, he said, nothing will dampen the indomitable spirits of Kashmiris to seek their inalienable right to self-determination.<\/p>\n
“Pakistan will continue to expose India\u2019s ‘State terrorism’ and it’s oppression against the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir,” delegate Imran Khan said.<\/p>\n
“We will continue to call for a just solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council and wishes of the Kashmiri people.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (APP): Delegates of India and Pakistan Thursday got into a fresh verbal duel in the UN Security Council ministerial-level meeting on food security, after Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari denounced New Delhi’s repressive actions in occupied Kashmir, saying it is […]<\/p>\n
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