NEW YORK – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan wants peacewith all its neighbours, including India.
Speaking at the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York onFriday, Sharif said that Pakistan wanted “long-term” peace with India andthat was possible only after a “just and lasting” resolution of the IndianIllegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) dispute.
“India must take credible steps to create enabling environment forconstructive engagement,” said the PM, adding that it should “demonstrateits sincerity and willingness to walk the path of peace and dialogue byreversing its illegal steps of 15 August 2019 and ending forthwith theprocess of demographic change.”
The Pakistani prime minister said that Kashmiris were facing extrajudicialkillings, incarceration, custodial torture and death at the hands of theIndian forces. He said India was seeking to turn Kashmir, a Muslim-majorityregion, into a Hindu-majority territory.
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Expressing the hope that the UN and Secretary-General António Guterreswould play their role in having India implement the UN resolutions on theKashmir dispute, Sharif said Pakistan would stand by Kashmiris “until theirright to self-determination is fully realised in accordance with therelevant UN Security Council resolutions”.
