(TibetanReview.net, May20’23) – In support of its all-weather friend Pakistan, China said May 19 that it was opposed to a G20 tourism meeting being hosted next week by India in Kashmir and will not attend it. Pakistan disputes the sovereign status of Kashmir, part of which it occupies and is claimed by India. In 2019, India split the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir to create the two federally administered Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. India has dismissed the objections raised by Pakistan and said G20 events are organized in all states and union territories of India. Pakistan – not a G20 member – had slammed India for holding the Srinagar G20 meet.

Source: Mint May 20, 2023 22:20 UTC