FO says associating FM\u2019s remarks with threat of violence \u2018highly irresponsible\u2019
\n ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan has slammed Indian attempts to distort remarks by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during his recent visit to Indian city of Goa to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign Ministers (SCO-CFM) Summit.
\nThe Foreign Office Spokesperson has said any insinuation, associating foreign minister\u2019s remarks over G-20 meeting in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) with a threat of violence, was not only mischievous but also highly irresponsible.
\n\u201cAny insinuation, associating foreign minister\u2019s remarks with a threat of violence, is not only mischievous but highly irresponsible. It is an attempt to shift focus from the foreign minister\u2019s key message of conflict resolution through dialogue and in accordance with international law and UN security council resolutions,\u201d the statement read.
\nIn a news statement issued in Islamabad on Sunday in response to media queries regarding a video clip insinuating that Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari threatened India over conduct of a G-20 meeting in IIOJK, the FO spokesperson said: \u201cIt is an attempt to shift focus from the foreign minister\u2019s key message of conflict resolution through dialogue and in accordance with international law and UN security council resolutions.\u201d
\n\u201cIn a number of public pronouncements during his recent visit to India, the foreign minister emphasized the critical importance of relevant UN Security Council resolutions for a peaceful settlement of Jammu and Kashmir dispute. Clearly, he based his case on international law,\u201d it was reiterated.
\nThe spokesperson further stressed that the journalistic norms must be respected while reporting on sensitive inter-state matters. The ministry of foreign affairs, the spokesperson further said, had already articulated Pakistan\u2019s position on the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting in IIOJK in its press release on April 11.
\nPakistan had already expressed its strong indignation over India\u2019s decision to hold the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar on 22-24 May. Scheduling of two other meetings of a consultative forum on youth affairs (Y-20) in Leh and Srinagar in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) was also termed as \u2018equally disconcerting\u2019.
\n\u201cIndia\u2019s irresponsible move is the latest in a series of self-serving measures to perpetuate its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir in sheer disregard of the UN Security Council resolutions and in violation of the principles of the UN Charter and international law. Pakistan vehemently condemns these moves,\u201d the earlier press release on April 11 maintained.
\nSuch events could not hide the reality of Jammu and Kashmir being an internationally recognized dispute that had remained on the agenda of United Nations Security Council for over seven decades.
\n\u201cNor could such activities divert international community\u2019s attention from India\u2019s brutal suppression of the people of IIOJK including illegal attempts to change the demographic composition of the occupied territory,\u201d it was added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FO says associating FM\u2019s remarks with threat of violence \u2018highly irresponsible\u2019 ISLAMABAD Pakistan has slammed Indian attempts to distort remarks by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during his recent visit to Indian city of Goa to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign Ministers (SCO-CFM) Summit. The Foreign Office Spokesperson has said any insinuation, associating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-329914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n