Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019.
Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his address to the UN General Assembly, saying that Kashmir is the key to peace between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Pakistan consistently rakes up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at various UN platforms, irrespective of the agenda and topic of discussion at the meetings.
Addressing the General Debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, Kakar said Pakistan desires peaceful and productive relations with all its neighbours, including India.
''Kashmir is the key to peace between Pakistan and India,'' he said. ''Development depends on peace. Pakistan is situated in the least economically integrated region in the world. Pakistan believes that regions develop together therefore [the country] desires peaceful and productive relations with all neighbours, including India,'' he said.
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Kakar said that the UN Security Council must secure the implementation of its resolutions on Kashmir and said the UN Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) should be ''reinforced''.
''Global powers should convince New Delhi to accept Pakistan's offer of mutual restraint on strategic and conventional weapons,'' he said.
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India has told Pakistan that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Islamabad in an environment free of terror, hostility, and violence.
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New Delhi has repeatedly emphasised that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were, are, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India.
India has also asked Pakistan to concentrate on addressing its internal matters rather than raising the Kashmir issue and indulging in frivolous allegations against New Delhi.
Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019.
India will now have the right to reply to Pakistan's speech at the UNGA on Saturday morning and a sharp rejoinder is expected.
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