(URGENT) UN Chief To Raise Kashmir During Talks With Various Leaders At UNGA Session: Spokesman

UNITED NATIONS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Sep, 2019 ) :UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to raise the Kashmir issue during his discussions with various leaders attending the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, his spokesman said Thursday.

"On Kashmir, the Secretary-General said previously he remains engaged," Spokesman Stephane Dujarric told the regular noon briefing at UN Headquarters in New York in response to a question about the communication blockade in Indian Occupied Kashmir.

"I think he will also use the opportunity of discussions during the General Assembly to raise it," he added, without specifically naming the leaders the UN chief would talk to about the situation in Kashmir.

Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are scheduled to participate in the 193-member Assembly session, which opens its high-level dialogue next week.

The spokesman also said, "He (Guterres) has also underscored the need for dialogue as the only way to resolve the issue and as part of the solution for the current crisis in Kashmir (and) to make sure that the human rights aspects are very much dealt with as well." Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump was set to meet with both Prime Ministers --Modi and Khan -- during his many engagements on the sidelines of the General Assembly in the same week.