ISLAMABAD – Yet another positive development from Turkey over the OccupiedKashmir cause
An important event to mark the Kashmir Black Day on 27 October was held inAnkara, Turkey on Saturday was Organized by the Anadolu Youth Association.
Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador of Pakistan, Syrus Sajjad Qazi, saidthat millions of Kashmiris across the globe are marking Black Day on 27October.
He said on that day in 1947, the overwhelmingly Muslim majority state ofJammu & Kashmir was forcibly occupied by India, against the wishes andaspiration of the Kashmiris.
Ambassador Qazi underlined that India continued to blatantly violate therelevant UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir that guaranteedthe Kashmiris their inalienable right to self-determination.
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He added that India’s illegal and unilateral steps of 5 August 2019, yetagain, are in direct contravention of these resolutions, and are hencecondemnable in the strongest possible terms.
He also expressed deep concern at the prevailing human rights andhumanitarian situation in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, as well asat the rising tide of right-wing Hindu extremism and Islamophobia in India,that continued to target Muslims in general and Kashmiris in particular.
Ambassador Qazi expressed deep gratitude for the people and the governmentof Turkey for their consistent, principled and just support for theresolution of the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.
