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ISLAMABAD, (MANEND NEWS): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah
Mahmood Qureshi has addressed a letter to the President of the United
Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United Nations Secretary
General to apprise them of Pakistan’s grave concern on reports
indicating that India may be contemplating the imposition of further
illegal and unilateral measures in the Indian Illegally occupied Jammu
and Kashmir (IIOJK), including division, bifurcation and additional
demographic changes in the occupied territory.
In his letter, the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has drawn
attention to India’s continued military siege of IIOJK, which has
continued for over twenty-two months, to suppress the Kashmiris’
legitimate demands through a massive campaign of repression
including gross and systematic violations of human rights.
The Foreign Minister has recalled that, since India’s illegal and
unilateral actions of 5 August 2019, Indian occupation forces have
killed, tortured, arbitrarily arrested and detained hundreds of
Kashmiris, and put almost the entire Kashmiri leadership behind bars.
Highlighting India’s design to undermine the exercise of the inalienable
right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people by changing the
demographic structure of IIOJK through the issuance of fake domicile
certificates and other measures, the Foreign Minister has underscored
that “all the unilateral and illegal actions taken by India in IIOJK since
1951, including the measures initiated on and after 5 August 2019,
and any additional unilateral changes that India may introduce in the
future, are violations of international law including the Security Council
Resolutions and the 4th Geneva Convention, and ipso facto null and
void.” Stressing that the people of IIOJK have vociferously rejected the
illegal measures imposed by India, the Foreign Minister has called
upon the Security Council to fulfill its responsibility to ensure full
implementation of its resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
He has also urged the Security Council to call upon India to end its
campaign of repression in IIOJK and reverse all its illegal actions,
including those initiated on and after 5 August 2019, and to cease and
desist from imposing any additional unilateral changes in the occupied
territory. The Foreign Minister’s letter has also affirmed that Pakistan
desires peaceful relations with all its neighbours, including India.
Noting that a just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in
accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the
wishes of the Kashmiri people is essential for durable peace and
stability in South Asia, the Foreign Minister has emphasized that the
onus is on India to create an enabling environment for result-oriented
engagement with Pakistan. The Foreign Minister’s letter was handed
over to the President of the Security Council by Pakistan’s Permanent
Representative to the UN in New York.
The Foreign Minister has been regularly addressing letters to the
Security Council and the UN Secretary General in order to keep the UN
fully informed of the grave situation in the territory occupied by India,
and to remind the Security Council of its responsibility for peaceful and
just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with
the relevant UNSC resolutions.
Meanwhile Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the world is appreciating
Pakistan’s efforts for peace in Afghanistan. In a statement on
Wednesday, he said we stand with peace and stability.
The Minister said the next couple of weeks and months are very
important in respect of Afghan peace process. He said withdrawal of
the allied forces from Afghanistan has been done by fifty percent, and
the process continues.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged the Afghan leadership to understand the
gravity of the situation and find a political solution to the Afghan issue.
He said war and fighting have already caused a huge loss in
Afghanistan. He said we have reached an understanding with the
Afghan leadership that they will not let their soil be used against
Pakistan and we have also been pursuing a clear policy that we will not
allow anyone to use our land against Afghanistan or any other country.