India’s claim rejected: Aziz
The world has rejected the claim that Kashmir turmoil is a cross-border terrorism issue, says Pakistan.
: Pakistan claimed on Tuesday that the international community has rejected India’s contention that the turmoil in Kashmir is primarily a crossborder terrorism issue, blaming New Delhi for “scuttling” all opportunities for a “meaningful” dialogue to resolve the issue.
Pakistan Prime Minister’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz, in a hard-hitting statement, said Islamabad has always welcomed the endeavours aimed at addressing the human rights issues in the Valley and the resolution of the Kashmir issue.
“India’s contention that the Kashmir issue is, primarily, an issue of cross-border terrorism, is a claim that no one in the world is prepared to accept today,” Aziz said in a statement issued by the Foreign Office.
He also welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s suggestion of having a multilateral dialogue to resolve the contentious issue.
“In this context, the Indian counter proposal that it is ready for bilateral dialogue with Pakistan is no longer credible because in the past two decades India has scuttled all opportunities for a dialogue,” he said.
He alleged that the Indian government has broken its “own record of brutality” in Kashmir by “indiscriminately killing” unarmed Kashmiri protesters.