MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has said that like Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir, China is also concerned over the actions India has been taking in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IOK) since August 2019. In an interview with state-run radio channel on the topic of “Pakistan-China Defence Cooperation”, he said that China wants a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue to bring peace and stability in the region and the country is opposed to the approach of a military solution to the dispute. The AJK president said that China is the only friend in the world, which has remained stuck to the stance on Kashmir it had adopted in the 1960s. When India abolished the old status of the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir after August 5, 2019 and declared the region Indian union territory, China had expressed a strong reaction to it. He said that China has been supporting Pakistan in defence matters since the 1960s and expressed the hope that its position will remain unchanged in the future.

Source: Pakistan Today May 19, 2021 18:00 UTC