Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security Mooed Yusuf said Tuesdaythat India had raised its concerns in the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation’s (SCO) national security advisors’ meeting on Pakistan’s newpolitical map and demanded that it not be displayed during his speech.
Speaking to *Geo News*, Yusuf said that Pakistan had responded in writingto India’s objections, making it clear that the map was the country’s rightand that it was according to the United Nations’ laws on Kashmir.
Yusuf said that Russia ‘backed’ Pakistan’s stance and none of the countriesparticipating in the conference objected to it.
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Yusuf was representing Pakistan in the conference, a week after ForeignMinister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had represented Pakistan in theorganisation’s foreign ministers’ meeting.
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“My Indian counterpart [Ajit Doval] had boycotted Pakistan’s speech duringthe meeting,” he siad, adding that Doval also attended the Russianadvisor’s speech for nearly 5 minutes.
Keeping in mind the United Nations’ principles, we presented our point ofview and raised the issue of Kashmir, he said.
“We stressed that Pakistan wishes to give a corridor to the world andbelieves in connectivity,” said Yusuf.
