We reject India’s plan to carry assembly of G20 nations in Kashmir: Pakistan Foreign Office

By PTI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan stated on Saturday that it rejects India’s try to carry a gathering of G20 nations in Kashmir, hoping that members of the grouping can be totally cognisant of the imperatives of regulation and justice and would oppose the proposal outright.

Jammu and Kashmir can be internet hosting the 2023 conferences of G-20, an influential grouping that brings collectively the world’s main economies, with the union territory administration on Thursday organising a five-member high-level committee for total coordination.

This would be the first main worldwide summit to be held in J&Okay after its particular standing assured underneath Article 370 of the Constitution was withdrawn and the erstwhile state was divided into two union territories in August 2019.

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad stated in a press release that Islamabad had taken word of stories gadgets showing within the Indian media indicating that India is likely to be “contemplating to hold some G20-related meeting in Jammu and Kashmir”. “Pakistan completely rejects any such attempt by India,” Ahmad stated.

He stated it was a widely known proven fact that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised “disputed” territory between Pakistan and India, and has remained on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council for over seven many years.

“Contemplating the holding of any G20-related meeting/event in JK, in utter disregard of the globally acknowledged ‘disputed’ status of the territory, is a travesty that the international community cannot accept under any circumstances,” the spokesperson stated.

He hoped that in case of any such controversial proposal from India, the G20 members can be totally cognisant of the imperatives of regulation and justice and would reject it outright. Ahmad stated that Pakistan additionally strongly urges the worldwide group to name upon India to revoke its actions of August 5, 2019, and free all political prisoners.

Tensions between India and Pakistan have spiked since New Delhi abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019. India’s choice evoked sturdy reactions from Pakistan, which downgraded diplomatic ties and expelled the Indian envoy.

Pakistan additionally halted bilateral commerce with India. India has repeatedly advised Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” stay an integral a part of the nation. India has advised Pakistan that it needs regular neighbourly relations with Islamabad in an setting freed from terror, hostility and violence.