ISLAMABAD – A Kashmiri leader has expressed gratitude for the Turkishgovernment and its people for standing by them in a difficult time whenmillions of Kashmiri are under a near-complete lockdown since Aug. 5, afterthe Indian government scrapped the special status of the valley.
Talking with a delegation of Turkish journalists in capital Islamabad, theconvener of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter,Syed Abdullah Gilani, said Turkey and Pakistan are the two countries whoraised voice and supported the Kashmiri people on every international forum.
“We are thankful to the Turkish government and people of Turkey who havealways stood by us,” Gilani said.
”Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu defended us in the Organizationof Islamic Cooperation meeting,” he added.
Gilani said that there are two countries in the world, Turkey and Pakistan,and their great peoples who always supported them in difficult times.
Talking about the current situation of Indian-administered Kashmir, Gilaniinformed that the valley has been completely disconnected from the rest ofthe world since Aug. 5, and Indian authorities put over eight millionpeople in a cage.
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“People are facing food and medicine shortage, and even they can not go tothe hospital,” Gilani said.
Those who are resisting against the Indian illegal move are facing brutalactions of Indian forces, he added.
“You can freely go and stay in Azad Kashmir but you couldn’t go to Indianside of Kashmir,” Gilani told Turkish journalists.
He termed the international community is responsible for current situationof Kashmir who never put pressure on India to implement the United NationsSecurity Council (UNSC) resolution on Kashmir. – Anadolu Agency