Arindam Bagchi mentioned that no quantity of justification could make cross-border terrorism acceptable (File)
New Delhi:
Jammu and Kashmir is an integral a part of India and no quantity of questioning can change the truth, the Foreign Affairs ministry mentioned immediately. The assertion got here following a letter by the Pakistan overseas minister to 2 high UN officers alleging a design by New Delhi to vary the demographic construction of the area.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned that no quantity of justification could make cross-border terrorism acceptable.
“The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. No amount of questioning can change the reality. Also, cross border terrorism is unacceptable and no amount of justification can make it acceptable,” Mr Bagchi mentioned at a media briefing.
Arindam Bagchi was requested to touch upon Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s newest letter to the president of the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations Secretary-General.
In the Mr letter, Qureshi alleged that India was altering the demographic construction of Kashmir by way of the issuance of pretend domicile certificates and different measures.
He urged the UN Security Council to name upon India to reverse its actions, together with these initiated on and after August 5, 2019.
Ties between India and Pakistan nosedived after a terror assault on the Pathankot Air Force base in 2016 by terror teams primarily based in Pakistan. Subsequent assaults on an Indian Army camp in Uri additional deteriorated the connection.
Since then, India has not held bilateral talks with Pakistan, saying talks and terror can’t go hand-in-hand.
The relationship additional dipped after India’s warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist coaching camp deep inside Pakistan on February 26, 2019, in response to the Pulwama terror assault by which 40 CRPF jawans had been killed.
The relationship hit all-time low after India introduced the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular powers and bifurcated the state into two union territories in August 2019.
Since then, Pakistan has been unsuccessfully attempting to rally worldwide help in opposition to India on the Kashmir subject.
India has been sustaining that the onus is on Pakistan to create an surroundings freed from terror and hostility.
