“The attempt of Pakistan to internationalise this issue through the United Nations has again come to naught,” Mr. Tirumurti said. Also read: Transformation under way in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh: Jaishankar“Another attempt by Pakistan fails! In January this year, China, on behalf of Pakistan, had made a similar attempt to raise the Kashmir issue under “other matters” during closed consultations in the Security Council Consultations Room. Then too, China stood alone in the Pakistani corner to get the Security Council to focus on the Kashmir issue. The January attempt had failed as other member countries felt that Kashmir was a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan.

Source: The Hindu August 06, 2020 01:52 UTC