UNITED NATIONS – Pakistan has proposed the strengthening of the UnitedNations Military Observer Mission in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), whichmonitors the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, as New Delhi’s illegalannexation of the disputed state has heightened tensions between the twoSouth Asian neighbours, according to informed sources.
The request was made by Pakistani Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi during a meetingwith a top UN peacekeeping official on Tuesday, as she continued briefingrelevant world body officials and diplomats on the grave situation inIndian Occupied Kashmir, now in its fourth week of curfews and lockdown.
Ambassador Lodhi urged Khalid Khairi, acting under-secretary-general of theUN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and political and peace-buildingAffairs, to take steps to enhance UNMOGIP’s monitoring and strength alongthe LoC as Indian troops have been repeatedly violating it.
