'Will Oppose Any Move To Divide Kashmir': Pak Foreign Min Ahead Of PM Modi's All Party Meet
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that they would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography.
Kashmir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming all-party meet in Jammu and Kashmir on June 24 is making echoes even in Pakistan. The neighboring country has made a statement about PM's meeting with the J&K leaders.
Pakistan said on Saturday that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography.
Pakistan's Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stated that India must refrain from taking any further illegal steps in Kashmir after its actions of August 5, 2019.
Qureshi's statement comes few days ahead of PM Modi's meet with 14 leaders in the valley.
The high-level meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 24 is expected to set the road map for holding assembly elections in the Union Territory.
Mehbooba Mufti holds a separate meet ahead of PM's meet on June 24
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday confirmed that her party has been invited by the Centre to attend all party-meeting that will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24 to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Yes, I've received a call but not a formal invitation yet. I'm holding a Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting tomorrow to discuss the same and take a decision on whether to participate or not in the meeting," Mufti said while speaking to news agency ANI.
India-Pak Relations
Tensions between India and Pakistan have spiked since the Modi governmemt abrogated the Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019.
India's decision evoked strong reactions from Pakistan, which downgraded diplomatic ties and expelled the Indian envoy.
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of the Article 370 was its internal matter.
It also advised Pakistan to accept the reality and stop all anti-India propaganda.
India has also told Pakistan that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Islamabad in an environment free of terror, hostility and violence.
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