ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistanstrongly supports China amid the tension between the nuclear powers.
The FM, who visited China on August 21, said in his meeting with Chinesecounterpart Wang Yi, he was apprised about the Ladakh situation, illegalIndian steps and the measures taken by China in its defence.
“China has a clear viewpoint and has confidence in its armed forces whereason the other hand, India had false claims,” he said in a statement issuedby the foreign ministry here yesterday.
Tensions between China and India have flared up again, with thenuclear-armed countries accusing each other of trying to seize territoryacross their disputed Himalayan border. This week, India alleged that Chinahad carried out ‘provocative military movements’ in the border area overthe weekend. The Chinese foreign ministry rejected the accusations, whileChina’s People’s Liberation Army regional command later alleged that Indiawas “seriously violating China’s territorial sovereignty” with itsoperation staged on August 31 and demanded that Indian troops withdraw.
FM Qureshi said India tried to stir a conflict in the area with China buthad to flee after leaving behind bodies of its soldiers.
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He said India had unleashed state-sponsored terror in Indian IllegallyOccupied Jammu and Kashmir, committing worst kind of atrocities, tyrannyand violence against the innocent people which also exposed its sham claimsover religious tolerance. The FM said that the Muharram processions inIIOJK were not allowed and later, the participants were subjected toviolence and arrested. Pellet guns were also used against the mourners.
Qureshi urged the international human rights organizations, civil societyand especially the international media to raise their collective voicesover such grave situation.
The FM said Pakistan had been very effectively raising the issue of humanrights’ violations in IIOJK at all global fora. “I have already apprisedthe whole world of the Indian aggressive designs in very expressivemanner,” he added. FM Qureshi said during the coronavirus pandemic theworst kind of atrocities and aggression continued against the innocentpeople of IIOJK. “The Indian government has completely mishandled thepandemic,” he maintained.
