FO rejects India's objections over Pak-China joint statement on Kashmir

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected India's objections over the Pak-China joint statement related to Jammu and Kashmir.

The FO, in a statement, said that India has no right to object to the joint statement issued after the talks between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiang, on June 8

"It is an established fact that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally-recognised disputed territory. The dispute has been on the agenda of the UN Security Council for over seven decades. The relevant Security Council resolutions clearly stipulate that the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance with the will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the United Nations, the statement read.

"In that backdrop, the Indian claims over Jammu and Kashmir are totally unfounded and misplaced," it added.

The FO warned that India should not mislead the international community about Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (CPEC).

"Instead of making baseless claims about CPEC, India should implement, at the earliest, the relevant UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir,” the FO spokeswoman said.