Pakistan rejects India’s Kashmir stance
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
FO spokesperson firmly rejects any idea of unilaterally settling Kashmir dispute
Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch briefing media in Islamabad.
In response to recent comments by India’s Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar on Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan reiterated on Sunday that the Kashmir dispute is internationally recognized and must be resolved according to United Nations Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
“The Jammu and Kashmir dispute is an internationally recognized dispute that must be resolved in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people. Resolution of this unresolved conflict is pivotal to peace and stability in South Asia,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said.
Jaishankar, speaking on Friday, stated, “I think the era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan is over. Actions have consequences, and insofar as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, I think Article 370 is done.”
He added, “The issue today is what kind of relationship we can possibly contemplate with Pakistan. What I do want to say is that we are not passive, and whether events take a positive or negative direction, either way, we will react.”
In her response, Baloch firmly rejected any notion that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute has been or could be settled unilaterally.
“Such claims are misleading and dangerously delusional, as they blatantly disregard the on-ground realities. India’s unilateral actions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) cannot and will not change this reality,” she said.
Baloch emphasized that while Pakistan remains committed to diplomacy and dialogue, it will respond with resolve to any hostile actions.
“True peace and stability in South Asia can only be achieved through a settlement in accordance with UNSC resolutions and the inalienable rights of the Kashmiri people,” she stated.
Pakistan called on India to abandon its “provocative rhetoric and baseless assertions” about IIOJK and engage in meaningful dialogue for a just and lasting resolution of the Kashmir dispute to ensure durable peace in the region.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
