NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will attend the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session today to discuss the dispute of the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK).
The foreign minister recently posted a tweet related to the issue of IoK, “Occupied J&K is an internationally recognized dispute that has been on the agenda of UNSC for 7 decades.”
Occupied J&K is an internationally recognized dispute that has been on the agenda of UNSC for 7 decades. Today’s discussions have once again reaffirmed its Int’l dispute status and the urgency to resolve it in accordance with UNSC resolutions & aspirations of the Kashmiri people. https://t.co/3LswvCxXYl
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) January 16, 2020
He further wrote, “Today’s discussions have once again reaffirmed its Int’l dispute status and the urgency to resolve it in accordance with UNSC resolutions & aspirations of the Kashmiri people.”
In another tweet, the foreign minister wrote, “For the second time in 5 months, UNSC members were briefed on the situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir at the request of Pakistan and with support of China.”
For the second time in 5 months, UNSC members were briefed on the situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir at the request of Pakistan and with support of China.
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) January 16, 2020
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, presently on a trip to ease tensions between the United States and Iran, arrived in New York earlier on Wednesday to interact with UN leaders before heading to Washington.
The UNSC session which is underway has raised concern over the alarming tensions between India and Pakistan over IoK. The session included the 15-member Council members.
Last year in December, another meeting of UNSC was held over the same issue but it was later delayed as France disagreed to attend the meeting to discuss the dispute of IoK.
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi revoked the special status of the occupied valley in August 2019 and imposed a military curfew and communications blackout in the area.
Thousands of people, including the top political leadership of occupied Kashmir, as well as two former chief ministers and the mayor of capital Srinagar, were detained. International media also reported that the detainees had been tortured by the occupying Indian troops.
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