Pakistan move to rake up Jammu and Kashmir at UNSC falls flat

The China-Pakistan initiative to rake up Kashmir at United Nations found no support at the United Nations Security Council Consultative (UNSCC) meet. The consultative meet happened at the request of China who took up the letter of Pakistani foreign minister sent earlier this week in the aftermath of New Delhi's decision to remove the special status for the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

India's permanent envoy to United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin after the meet got over said, "Article 370 is internal matter.. these have no external ramifications."

On talks with Pakistan, Syed said, "Using terror to push goals is not the way normal states should behave. Stop terror to begin talks." Russia, France and the US backed India at the consultations.

First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia, Dmitry Polyanskiy said, "We will open-heartedly continue to engage with Islamabad and New Delhi in order to help both of them to come to terms and have good neighbourly ties on Kashmir on the basis of Simla Agreement of 1972 and Lahore declaration of 1999."

The outcome will be considered a big diplomatic victory for India as consultations did not lead to any formal meeting which Islamabad was keen to have. In the aftermath of India's international decision to remove the special status for Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has been trying to internationalise Kashmir issue by reaching out to global capitals.