United Nations, 25 March (IANS). India has asked Pakistan to vacate illegal occupied land in Jammu and Kashmir and stop the state sponsored terrorism right.
In response to Pakistan’s attempt to raise the issue of Kashmir repeatedly in the United Nations Security Council, India’s permanent representative P. Harish said on Monday, “Such repeated mentions neither justify their illegal claims nor justify their state-sponsored border terrorism.”
He said, “Illegal occupation of the region of Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir is continuing, which it should vacate.”
“This would be in line with the Proposal 47 of the Security Council, which was passed on 21 April 1948 and demanded Pakistan to remove its armies and intruders from Kashmir,” he said.
Harish said, “Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India, and will always be.”
He said, “We would advise Pakistan not to try to divert the attention of this platform to carry forward its narrow and divisive agenda.”
Earlier, Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Junior Minister Syed Tariq Fatimi said that the council should implement its proposal on the referendum for Kashmir.
However, the proposal demanded that Pakistan arrange to remove the tribes and Pakistani citizens from the state of Jammu and Kashmir who are not normal residents and have entered the state for the purpose of the fight. “
It was also ordered in the proposal that Pakistan should stop helping terrorists or stop infiltrating. It was asked to Islamabad to “stop any infiltration in the state of such elements and stop providing material assistance to the people fighting in the state.”
When the council’s proposal was passed, the referendum could not be held as Pakistan refused to follow its return condition from Kashmir.
India says that now the referendum has become irrelevant, because the people of Kashmir have made their loyalty towards India by participating in elections and choosing the leaders of the region.
Fatmi referred to the United Nations Military Supervisor Group (UNMOGIP) in India and Pakistan, which was established in 1949 to monitor the ceasefire along the Line of Control.
India barely tolerates the presence of UNMOGIP and considers it a remnant of history, which became irrelevant after the 1972 Shimla Agreement. In this agreement, the leaders of the two countries declared the Kashmir dispute a bilateral issue, in which there was no place for the third party. India has removed UNMOGIP from the government building in New Delhi.
-IANS
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