On Tuesday, Pakistan condemned India’s decision to hold Group of 20 meetings in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir next month, calling the move “irresponsible.”
Kashmir is asserted in complete but governed in part by the two nuclear-armed neighbors who have battled two of their three wars over control of the region. India currently holds the rotating year-long presidency of the G20 and is set to host a leaders’ summit in New Delhi in early September.
On Friday, India released a full schedule of events leading up to the summit, which included G20 and Youth 20 meetings in Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar and Leh, in the neighboring region of Ladakh, in April and May.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry issued a statement condemning the choice of venues in disputed territory.
India’s irresponsible move is the latest in a series of self-serving measures to perpetuate its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.”
Statement said
It went on to accuse India of acting in disregard of the UN Security Council resolutions and in breach of the principles of the UN Charter and international law.
Pakistan vehemently condemns these moves.”
Statement added.
India’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a statement from Pakistan.
India has long accused Pakistan of stoking a decades-long separatist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority region in India.
Pakistan denies that accusation, saying it only provides diplomatic and moral support for Kashmiris seeking self-determination.
Pakistan also accuses India of human rights violations in the parts of Kashmir under its control, a charge New Delhi rejects.
