NEW DELHI -India frustrated over China’s support to Pakistan over OccupiedKashmir at the UN Security Council.
India on Thursday asked China to avoid raising the Kashmir dispute at theUnited Nations Security Council, insisting it is a bilateral matter betweenIndia and Pakistan.
The government issued a statement on Thursday, a day after China requesteda review by the UN Security Council of the UN observer mission in Kashmir.
“China should reflect on a global consensus on Kashmir and avoid raising itat the United Nations,” India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman RaveeshKumar told reporters in New Delhi.
Most countries on the 15-member council have urged India and Pakistan tocool the dispute and resolve it between themselves. But on Wednesday,China’s UN ambassador warnedlinkagainstfurther escalation of strife between Islamabad and New Delhi over occupiedKashmir and expressed hope that a Security Council meeting called byBeijing might help both countries seek a solution through dialogue.
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Kumar said India has raised the matter with China in the past.
The latest flareup in conflict was sparked by India’s Hindu nationalist-ledgovernment’s decision to end the semi-autonomous status of Muslim-majorityoccupied Kashmir on August 5.
