Pakistan tells UN Kashmir 'never was, is not, and never will be' integral part of India
Key takeaways
- The remarks were made by Gul Qaiser Sarwani, who exercised Pakistan’s right of reply after India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, asserted that Kashmir was an integral part of India.
- Sarwani reminded the 193-member General Assembly that Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir remains an internationally recognised dispute on the agenda of the UN Security Council.
- “No amount of obfuscation can alter the historical, legal and international character of this dispute,” he said, adding that Jammu and Kashmir “never was, neither is, and nor will ever be” an integral part of India.
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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has told the UN General Assembly that Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) “never was, neither is, and nor will ever be” an integral part of India, rejecting New Delhi’s claims during a fresh diplomatic exchange over the disputed territory at the world body.
The remarks were made by Gul Qaiser Sarwani, who exercised Pakistan’s right of reply after India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, asserted that Kashmir was an integral part of India.