Indian mindset is stopping it from accepting internationally recognized disputed nature of Kashmir: APHC

SRINAGAR, April 13 (SABAH): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, APHC has emphasized that Jammu and Kashmir is not India’s internal issue but an internationally recognized disputed region and UN resolutions on the matter are testimony to it.

According to media reports, APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement in Srinagar said that India’s hegemonic mindset was stopping it from accepting internationally recognized disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir, adding, “India’s occupation of Kashmir is worst manifestation of modern-day colonialism”.

The APHC spokesman pointed out that in a grave contravention of the international law and UN resolutions Modi regime repealed the special status of IIOJK on August 05, 2019, adding such illegal actions can’t change the fact that J&K is not New Delhi’s internal matter but an international issue. “The fact of the matter is that Kashmir is under India’s forcible & illegal occupation”, the APHC added.

He said that India’s denial of right to self-determination was the cause of Kashmir dispute and that New Delhi must be pressurized to honour international commitments on Jammu and Kashmir. Stating that Jammu and Kashmir’s future is yet to be decided by its people, he stressed the need to resolve it in its historical perspective.

Expressing deep concern over the grim human rights situation in IIOJK, the APHC spokesman urged United Nations to accept its responsibility & push for settlement of the Kashmir dispute as per Security Council resolutions. This, he said, was a must for ending the Kashmiri people’s sufferings and ensuring durable peace in South Asia.