Pakistan condemns ‘highly provocative’ remarks of Indian Defence Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan has condemned in the strongest possible terms the highly provocative and irresponsible remarks made by the Indian Defence Minister in the context of Kashmir dispute.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, said Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement not only distorted facts regarding the UN and internationally recognized Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which remains on the agenda of the UN Security Council, but also reflected the Indian government’s deliberate policy to threaten regional and international peace and security.
Such insinuations are an attempt to divert attention from India’s continued occupation of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), its sponsorship of terrorism across the region, as well as its domestic instability. While resorting to its misplaced rhetoric of aggression and belligerence, India must not underestimate the unwavering resolve and determination of the people and Government of Pakistan to thwart any Indian adventurism, as demonstrated by the entire Pakistani nation and its valiant armed forces during Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos last year.
Pakistan urged the international community, in particular the United Nations, to take note of India’s continued rogue behavior and to hold it accountable for its failure to uphold the relevant UN Security Council resolutions that guarantee the right to self-determination to the Kashmiris.
