India would not be able to ‘suppress the voices of the people of occupied Kashmir’ by holding G20 moot in disputed region: FM Bilawal

MUZAFFARABAD, May 21 (SABAH): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday that India would not be able to “suppress the voices of the people of occupied Kashmir” by holding the G20 moot in the disputed region.

The third meeting of the G20 Tourism Working Group under India’s presidency will be held from May 22 to 24 in Srinagar, according to Indian media.

India assumed the year-long presidency of the G20 in December last year. It is set to host a leaders’ summit in New Delhi in early September.

Pakistan has expressed strong indignation at New Delhi’s decision to hold the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in occupied Kashmir and called it a “self-serving move”.

Talking to the media on Sunday after landing in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on a three-day visit, FM Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said: “It is not possible for India to play an important role in the world by violating UN resolutions.”

“At a time when India is holding a conference in occupied Kashmir, I have been invited to deliver an address to the AJK Assembly,” the minister said.

Bilawal Bhutto stated that he would also attend a protest rally in the Bagh district to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people. “I believe that when a country takes a step like that India has taken, their real face comes forth in front of the world,” he added.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will address the joint session of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council in Muzaffarabad today (Monday).

He will reiterate Pakistan’s unwavering support to the Kashmiri People of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in their just struggle for right to self-determination.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also raise Pakistan’s concern over holding of G20 meetings in internationally recognized disputed territory of Kashmir in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and international law.

The Foreign Minister will also address public gatherings at Bagh and Leepa.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during his visit of Azad Kashmir will also interact with local media. He will also meet APHC leaders as well as Kashmiri refugees in Muzaffarabad.    

Meanwhile, the Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in Muzaffarabad on Sunday. He was received by PPP AJK leaders including opposition leader Chaudhry Latif Akbar, PPP