In a big diplomatic success, Russia backs Pakistan stance against India over the new political map of the country
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Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security Mooed Yusuf said Tuesday that India had raised its concerns in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) national security advisors' meeting on Pakistan's new political map and demanded that it not be displayed during his speech.
Speaking to *Geo News*, Yusuf said that Pakistan had responded in writing to India's objections, making it clear that the map was the country's right and that it was according to the United Nations' laws on Kashmir.
Yusuf said that Russia 'backed' Pakistan's stance and none of the countries participating in the conference objected to it.
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Yusuf was representing Pakistan in the conference, a week after Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had represented Pakistan in the organisation's foreign ministers' meeting.
"My Indian counterpart [Ajit Doval] had boycotted Pakistan's speech during the meeting," he siad, adding that Doval also attended the Russian advisor's speech for nearly 5 minutes.
Keeping in mind the United Nations' principles, we presented our point of view and raised the issue of Kashmir, he said.
"We stressed that Pakistan wishes to give a corridor to the world and believes in connectivity," said Yusuf.
