Islamabad, May 02 (KMS): President Dr Arif Alvi has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intensify its efforts to expose India’s nefarious designs and the ulterior motives behind its planned move to hold the G-20 meeting in the UN-recognized disputed territory of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The President expressed these views while conveying the letter of the Convener of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for appropriate action on the issue raised by him on Tuesday.
In his letter to the President, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar had sought the urgent attention of Pakistan towards the Indian government’s highly controversial move to convene a meeting of the members of the G-20 countries in Srinagar and its far-reaching consequences on the Kashmiris’ ongoing struggle for the right to self-determination.
The APHC-AJK Convener while expressing serious concern over the India’s plan termed the move as a part of a “multi-faceted and multi-front campaign” that New Delhi has been waging to create confusion about the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. He said India wants to dilute Kashmir’s international and legal status, strengthen the notion that Kashmir is nothing but its internal matter, deflect the world’s attention away from the real issue, hide ground realities, and promote its so-called normalcy narrative. He highlighted that India was yet again trying to use this crucial meeting to project its baseless normalcy narrative.
Mehmood Ahmed Saghar emphasized the need for a mega diplomatic offensive by Pakistan in the United Nations, and other regional and international fora, to expose India’s nefarious designs and its ulterior motives behind holding such a meeting in IIOJK. He mentioned that India, in brazen violation of the UNSC resolutions, changed the special status of Kashmir unilaterally in 2019, and had been remorselessly peddling lies to create a smoke-screen to hoodwink the world, particularly the G20 nations into believing that all was well in the occupied territory.
The APHC-AJK Convener said that the Modi government had organized visits of foreign envoys stationed at New Delhi to the disputed territory. He added that dozens of diplomats, mostly from European and African countries, were invited for a curated visit to help the government to project its “all is well in Kashmir” image and to ward off international pressure. He said that these guided trips were arranged to keep the charade of normalcy alive and convince the world that all was well in IIOJK.
Mehmood Ahmed Saghar appreciated the efforts of Pakistan that has expressed strong indignation over India’s decision to hold the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar on 22-24 of this month. He said Pakistan is an important party to the dispute, and expressed the hope that it would continue to play its role and use its political and diplomatic clout effectively to thwart the Indian conspiracies.
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