*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan formally called on Tuesday for an urgent meeting ofthe UN Security Council on the situation in Indian-Administered Kashmirfollowing India’s annexation of the disputed region.*
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says he has written a letter to theUN Security Council, asking it to convene a special meeting to discussIndia’s “illegal steps” to change the status of Kashmir. In a videomessage, Qureshi said the letter has been forwarded by Pakistan’s PermanentRepresentative to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi.
Qureshi wants Lodhi presented it to Joanna Wronecka, who is the presidentof the 15-member Council August. She will then consult with the Councilmembers and fix a date for the meeting.
Lodhi has already begun meeting Council members to update them on thesituation in Kashmir.
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In his video, Qureshi said Pakistan believes that Indian’s actions havejeopardized regional as well as global peace. He said it is India’s wrongthinking that it can crush Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. He addedthat if 700,000 Indian troops deployed in the region for decades could notdefeat the freedom struggle of Kashmiris, the reinforcement of 180,000 willalso fail.
