United Nations, Oct 11(ANI): Pakistan has claimed that Jammu and Kashmir is not an integral part of India, and that it has never been so.
Tahir Andrabi, a Pakistani delegate, made these comments at a debate at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the Associated Press of Pakistan reports.
"The decolonization agenda of the United Nations would be incomplete without resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute," Raza Bashir Tarar, Pakistan's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, told the General Assembly's Fourth (Decolonization) Committee on Monday.
Speaking in a general debate, the Pakistan delegate said that decolonization was an objective of such importance that it could not be limited to the 'Non Self Governing Territories' alone.
The negation of the right to self-determination often ignited regional conflicts that threaten peace and security. "Such conflicts cannot be swept under terrorism or religious rivalries," he added.
Tarar, however, said Pakistan was committed to finding a peaceful resolution of its dispute with India that was acceptable to all sides, especially the Kashmiri people.
Responding to the Pakistani delegate's provocative remarks on Kashmir the Indian delegate said that Pakistan's comments were "unwarranted" and "irrelevant" to the debate.
Exercising his right of reply, Indian delegate R. Ravindra asserted that Jammu and Kashmir was an "integral part" of India, and that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had expressed their free will by participating in free and fair elections held at regular intervals.
Speaking in his right of reply, Andrabi said that Jammu and Kashmir was not an integral part of India, and that the UN Security Council resolutions had recognised that it was disputed territory.
It is necessary to conduct a free and impartial plebiscite, under United Nations auspices, to determine the will of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, he added. (ANI)
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