ANKARA – Turkey has raised the Kashmir issue at the United Nations HumanRights Council, calling to resolve the decades-old dispute on the basis ofUN resolutions and the “legitimate” expectations of Kashmiri people.
“We reiterate our call to the Government of India to ease currentrestrictions in Jammu and Kashmir, and resolve the issue peacefully,”Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the 47-member Council in Geneva.
The Council on Monday began its month-long, 46th session, which is beingheld almost entirely remotely to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Also this week, Iran called for the need to respect the rights of thepeople of Kashmir in ‘determining their own destiny’ and their human rights.
The foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Javed Zarifwhile answering a question during an interview with state-run Press TVsaid, “Our policy has been very clear. We emphasise the need to respect therights of people of all places, including Kashmiris, their human rights,their right to determine their own destiny.”
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Zarif said that Iran has been in constant dialogue with “our friends inIndia and our friends in Pakistan about how we can play a constructive rolein bringing this conflict to an end, in the interests of the people ofKashmir. And we have always insisted on the need to respect the rights ofthe Kashmiri people and that continues to be our policy.”
Last year Iran’s Foreign Ministry had expressed concerns over thetear-gassing and pellet firing on a Muharram procession in Kashmir.
