China was given the letter to raise Kashmir at UNSC by the foreign minister of Pakistan SM Qureshi.
India on Thursday once again slammed China for raking Kashmir, this time in New York on the website of its permanent mission.
The development came after China in its statement said that it 'immediately' responded and processed the letter by Pakistan on 10 March on Kashmir and it remains "high on the agenda of the council". While China's statement on its mission at UN was on Indian media reports, the country as the President of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the month of March showed no "response" or urgency to COVID-19 meet
Nonetheless, China was keen on giving clarification and show support for Pakistan on the issue.
In response to the remarks, Anurag Srivastava, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said, "We reject the reference to Jammu and Kashmir in a statement made by the spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations."
He also stressed that Kashmir is and will remain an integral part of India. "China is well aware of India’s consistent position on this issue. The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir has been, is and shall continue to be an integral part of India. Issues related to J&K are internal matter to India."
"It is, therefore, our expectation that other countries, including China, would refrain from commenting on matters that are internal affairs of India and respect India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We also expect China to recognise and condemn the scourge of cross-border terrorism that affect the lives of the people of India, including in J&K," Srivastava concluded.
China was given the letter to raise Kashmir at UNSC by the foreign minister of Pakistan SM Qureshi, hoping that China as the chair of last month will raise the matter. The Chinese envoy to UN Zhang Jun had even circulated the letter of Pakistan as an official document of the council, though no meeting happened.
This happened even as there was growing criticism against UNSC which failed to convene a meeting under Bejing's leadership on COVID-19. UNSC member country sources told WION that China was not keen to discuss the matter as it feared more information might be asked from it. The first case of coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China and since then, globally it has come under pressure for not giving initial information that could have prevented pandemic from spreading and killing thousands across the world.
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