New Delhi
The Ministry of External Affair wasted no time in its outreach to the capital\u2019s diplomatic corps on the proposed legislative changes regarding the status of Jammu & Kashmir, which it emphasised were purely an internal matter and had nothing to do with the dispute with Pakistan on its status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MEA embarked on formal and informal briefing of diplomats from several countries after queries poured in at South Block from anxious envoys ever since the government tightened the security cordon in J&K and curtailed civil rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move will help neutralise Pakistan\u2019s threat to \u201cexercise all possible options\u201d to counter the \u201cillegal steps\u201d. Pakistan had invoked the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to assert that \u201cno unilateral step by the Government of India can change this disputed status nor will this ever be acceptable to the people of Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan\u201d.With Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to address the UN General Assembly on September 28, Pakistan would look at raising the Kashmir issue at the forum in a big way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources said busy with legislative business in Parliament, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar nevertheless adopted a hands-on approach in guiding senior MEA officials on transmitting the government\u2019s line that the proposals related to Article 370 of the Constitution and administrative reorganisation of J&K introduced in Parliament had no political motives. They were aimed at providing good governance, promoting social justice and ensuring economic development in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistan, however, received little comfort from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which stuck to its formulaic position of expressing concerned about the deteriorating situation in the \u201cIndian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir\u201d and the use of banned cluster munition by the Indian forces to target civilians (since refuted by the Indian Army). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Islamabad\u2019s urging, the OIC also asked the international community to press for the \u201cpeaceful resolution\u201d of the J&K dispute through the \u201cdemocratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite\u201d in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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