MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan congratulated US President-elect, Joe Biden over his election victory and urged him to play an active role to get the massacre of Kashmiri people stopped and to save the occupied territory from becoming an Indian colony.
In a statement, the AKP President hoped that the US president-elect besides raising his voice against the worst human rights in IoK as well as the discriminatory laws against the Muslims in India, would play his role in granting Kashmiris the right to self-determination.
“The US President-elect will help Pakistan and the Kashmiri people in finding a durable and just solution to the Kashmir issue,” Sardar Masood added. He maintained that Pakistan and the Kashmiri people would welcome mediation by the United States or any other country for the settlement of Kashmir conflict.
Sardar Masood also pointed out that in 1950s, the United States while supporting the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people, had played an important role in the approval of the UN Security Council resolution on Kashmir.
“We expect the same role from the US today. The resolution of Kashmir conflict is imperative because this issue has posed a major threat to the peace and security of the region and its resolution in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people may usher in a new era of development in South Asia,” he added.
He asserted that the resolution of Kashmir issue would be a prelude towards the global people, and the big powers particularly the United States should not shut their eyes towards this conflict and the related dangers.
“The United States is the champion of democracy and civil liberties, and it cannot be expected that Washington, while preferring its economic and political interests, will compromise on the basic human rights of the Kashmiri people, their right to self-determination and their equal democratic rights,” he concluded.
