ISLAMABAD – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held its onlinemeeting of National Security Advisors where India’s spurious claims wererejected as it faced defeat after its formal objection to Pakistan’s newpolitical map as background display of Special Assistant to the PrimeMinister (SAPM) on National Security Dr. Moeed Yusuf were overruled.
India, which was being represented by Ajit Doval, had formally raised anobjection against Pakistan on the display of the political map asbackground for the meeting a day earlier by falsely claiming that the newpolitical map showed ‘sovereign Indian territories’ as part of Pakistan,said a press release.
In its reply, Pakistan highlighted that India under international law hadno legal rights to claim the internationally recognized disputed territoryof Jammu and Kashmir as part of India.
Pakistan also categorically rejected Indian assertions that the newlyreleased political map included any part of Indian territory.
Pakistan informed SCO secretariat that India’s illegal and unilateralactions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) were ingrave violation of the UN Charter and UNSC resolutions on the Jammu andKashmir dispute.
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Furthermore, Pakistan emphasized that the new political map representedPakistan’s rights and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. It emphasizedthat Pakistan retains an abiding commitment to seeking a resolution of theJammu and Kashmir dispute through a free and impartial plebiscite inaccordance with the UN Charter and UNSC resolutions.
The SCO agreed to Pakistan’s position and Dr. Moeed Yusuf conducted the SCOmeeting with Pakistan’s new political map as background for thediscussions. Once again, India’s attempts to make a significantmultilateral forum subject to petty bilateral debate failed and Pakistan’snew political map and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people werehighlighted during the meeting of National Security Advisors of SCO memberstates.
