Turkey Urges India To End Curbs In Kashmir; Resolve Dispute Through Peaceful Means
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 23, 2021 | 12:50 AM
GENEVA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Feb, 2021 ) :Turkey on Monday raised the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council, with a call for resolving the decades-old dispute on the basis of UN resolutions and the "legitimate" expectations of Kashmiri people who are struggling for their right of self-determination.
"We reiterate our call to the Government of India to ease current restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the 47-member Council in Geneva.
"We wish for the resolution of the issue through peaceful means on the basis of the relevant United Nations resolutions and the legitimate expectations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir," the Turkish foreign minister added.
The Council on Monday began its month-long, 46th session, which is being held almost entirely remotely to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In Washington, Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary-General of the World Kashmir Awareness Forum, welcomed Cavusoglu's remarks about the deteriorating situation in Indian occupied Kashmir.
"This has been the consistent policy of the Erdogan administration to sensitize the world opinion to help bring parties concerned together to resolve the Kashmir dispute for the sake of peace and security not only in Kashmir but in the region of South Asia," he said.
"The people of Jammu & Kashmir were heartened to listen to Mr. Cavusoglu explaining before the world body the principle aspect of the Kashmir issue," Dr. Fai said.
He added that the time has come for the world powers to find a solution to the Kashmir dispute between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
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