BEIJING: China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has saidChina was highly concerned over the current situation in occupied Kashmirand escalating conflict between India and Pakistan.
During a meeting with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, whois on a three-day visit to China, Yi said China opposed any unilateralaction that complicated the situation.
“New Delhi’s movelinktoend the constitutional status of Jammu Kashmir will change the status quoof the disputed area and result in a tense situation in the region,” hesaid.
Wang hoped that India and Pakistan would resolve disputes in a peacefulmanner and jointly safeguard the overall situation of regional peace andstability.linklink
During his visit to Beijing last week, Foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQureshi had said China intends to support Pakistanlinkinthe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over the occupied Kashmir issue.
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Speaking to the media following his meeting with Wang, Qureshi saidPakistan had decided to go to the UNSC over India’s shocking move and thatBeijing would fully support Islamabad.
“China would maintain full cooperation with Pakistan and the two allynations’ ministers and missions would stay in close contact, he said,adding that Beijing had, once again, proved today that it was Islamabad’strustworthy friend,” Qureshi has said.
