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China For 'Closed Consultations' At UN Security Council On J&K: Official

Darpan News Desk IANS, 15 Aug, 2019 07:37 PM


    China has formally asked for "closed consultations" in the UN Security Council to discuss India revoking the special status to Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan, Beijing's closest ally, wrote a letter on the issue to Poland, the Council President for the month of August, a top diplomat at the United Nations said.


    The UN diplomat told news agency Press Trust of India that a request for such a meeting was submitted very recently, but no date has yet been scheduled for it.


    "China asked for closed consultations on the Security Council agenda item 'India Pakistan Question'. The request was in reference to the Pakistani letter to Security Council President," the diplomat said.


    Pakistan formally called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss India revoking the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi recently said.


    The diplomat said that China also submitted a formal request for such a meeting but Poland has to consult and take into account preferences of other Council members before deciding on time and date for the meeting.


    The official said that so far no final decision on the time of the meeting had been made and Friday morning is the "earliest realistic option" for the meeting.


    Shah Mahmood Qureshi has sent a formal letter to the president of the UN Security Council, Polish Ambassador Joanna Wronecka, through the country's permanent representative Maleha Lodhi to convene the meeting. Mr Qureshi said the letter will also be shared with all members of the UN Security Council.


    "I have requested in the letter that a special meeting of the Security Council should be called to discuss those actions of India which we consider as illegal and against the UN resolutions," he said.


    Mr Qureshi had air-dashed to Beijing for consultation with the Chinese leadership on the issue of raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council.


    He had also said that China backed Pakistan on the issue and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told him he believed "China will stand up for justice on the Kashmir issue".


    During his bilateral meeting with China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Monday in Beijing, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed that the decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter for India.


    He said the issue related to changes in a temporary provision of the Constitution of India and was the sole prerogative of the country.


    Mr Jaishankar noted that the legislative measures were aimed at promoting better governance and socio-economic development and there was no implication for either the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan or the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.


    "India was not raising any additional territorial claims. The Chinese concerns in this regard were therefore misplaced," he said.


    Mr Jaishankar told Wang Yi that these changes had no bearing on Pakistan as it was an internal matter.


    "It did not impact the LoC. Where India Pakistan relations are concerned, Chinese side should base its assessment on realities. India, as a responsible power, had shown restraint in face of provocative Pakistani rhetoric and actions. India has always stood for normalisation of the ties in an atmosphere free of terror," he said.


    After India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5 and announced the bifurcation of the state into two union territories of J&K and Ladakh, Pakistan announced that it will approach the UN Security Council against New Delhi's decision.


    India has categorically told the international community that its move to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution removing the special status to Jammu and Kashmir was an internal and sovereign matter and has also advised Pakistan to "accept the reality".

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