ANKARA: Pakistan’s Embassy in Ankara has marked the fourth anniversary of India’s illegal and unilateral actions that stripped Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) of its special status, Turkish media reported on Saturday.
A special event was organized in Pakistan’s embassy to mark the “Day of Exploitation of Kashmir,”.
On the occasion, Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires Abbas Sarwar Qureshi said that the struggle of the people of Kashmir is alive, and stronger than it was before August 05, 2019. The Ambassador maintained that people of Kashmir are more determined to get their legitimate and legal right to self-determination, the right promised to people of Kashmir by the United Nations.
Türkiye’s “Principled” Position IIOJK
Admitting Türkiye’s “principled” position on the issue of Kashmir, Pakistan’s Ambassador thanked President Erdogan for his support to the Kashmir cause at all global forums.
The Ambassador also expressed complete satisfaction on the “positive trajectory of Pakistan-Türkiye bilateral ties and underlined that the bond of brotherhood between Islamabad and Ankara will continue to grow further stronger.
Burhan Kayaturk, a Turkish MP, also spoke on the occasion and said: “The right to self-determination was pledged to the people of Kashmir by the United Nations, but still after seven decades it was not honoured.
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On his part, General Guray Alpar, the head of the Institute of Strategic Thinking, stressed that the world must play its due role to end “human rights abuses” in IIOJK and “holding of a fair plebiscite under auspices of the UN as enshrined in the relevant UNSC Security resolutions.
India revoked the special status of Kashmir on Aug. 5, 2019. Pakistan says the act is unlawful, and has since reduced diplomatic relations and also halted trade.
On Wednesday, Indian Supreme Court began hearing petitions challenging the law that revoked the special status of Indian Illegal Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
