Kashmir challenge a worldwide acknowledged concern, should be fixed based on UNSC resolutions: Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan stated on Sunday that the Kashmir disagreement was a worldwide acknowledged concern that needs to be fixed based on the UN Security Council resolutions.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch made the comments while replying to current talk about Jammu and Kashmir by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Jaishankar on Friday stated that the “era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan is over. Actions have consequences, and insofar as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, I think Article 370 is done.” “The issue today is what kind of relationship can we possibly contemplate with Pakistan. What I do want to say is that we are not passive, and whether events take a positive or negative direction, either way, we will react,” he added.  On Sunday, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Baloch said that the Jammu and Kashmir “dispute is an internationally recognised dispute that must be resolved in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people. The resolution of this unresolved conflict is pivotal to peace and stability in South Asia.

She rejected the notion that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute has been or could be settled unilaterally.

The spokesperson said that while Pakistan remains committed to diplomacy and dialogue, it will respond with resolve to any hostile actions.

“True peace and stability in South Asia can only be achieved through a settlement in accordance with UNSC resolutions and the inalienable rights of the Kashmiri people,” she said in a statement.

India has repeatedly told Pakistan that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh “was, is and shall forever” continue to be an essential component of the nation.

The ties between the two countries nosedived after India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the State into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019.

India has actually consistently stated it needs regular neighbourly connections with Pakistan in a setting without horror, hostility and physical violence.