Arindam Bagchi stated that no quantity of justification could make cross-border terrorism acceptable (File)
New Delhi:
Jammu and Kashmir is an integral a part of India and no quantity of questioning can change the fact, the International Affairs ministry stated at the moment. The assertion got here following a letter by the Pakistan international minister to 2 prime UN officers alleging a design by New Delhi to vary the demographic construction of the area.
Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated that no quantity of justification could make cross-border terrorism acceptable.
“The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral a part of India. No quantity of questioning can change the fact. Additionally, cross border terrorism is unacceptable and no quantity of justification could make it acceptable,” Mr Bagchi stated at a media briefing.
Arindam Bagchi was requested to touch upon Pakistan International Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s newest letter to the president of the United Nations Safety Council and the United Nations Secretary-Basic.
Within the Mr letter, Qureshi alleged that India was altering the demographic construction of Kashmir via the issuance of pretend domicile certificates and different measures.
He urged the UN Safety Council to name upon India to reverse its actions, together with these initiated on and after August 5, 2019.
Ties between India and Pakistan nosedived after a terror assault on the Pathankot Air Drive base in 2016 by terror teams primarily based in Pakistan. Subsequent assaults on an Indian Military camp in Uri additional deteriorated the connection.
Since then, India has not held bilateral talks with Pakistan, saying talks and terror can not go hand-in-hand.
The connection additional dipped after India’s warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist coaching camp deep inside Pakistan on February 26, 2019, in response to the Pulwama terror assault through which 40 CRPF jawans have been killed.
The connection hit all-time low after India introduced the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular powers and bifurcated the state into two union territories in August 2019.
Since then, Pakistan has been unsuccessfully making an attempt to rally worldwide assist towards India on the Kashmir situation.
India has been sustaining that the onus is on Pakistan to create an setting freed from terror and hostility.