June 14, 2018: India today rejected the report by the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Kashmir.
Responding to a media query, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, it is fallacious and questioned the intent in bringing out such a report. The spokesperson said, it is a compilation of unverified information and seeks to build a false narrative.
Mr Kumar said, the report violates India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He stated that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and Pakistan is in illegal and forcible occupation of a part of the Indian state through aggression.
India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan to vacate the occupied territories. The incorrect description of Indian territory in the report is misleading and unacceptable. There are no entities such as Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
India said, the authors have ignored the pattern of cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan and territories under its illegal control. Cross-border terror is aimed at suppressing the will of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, disrupting its social fabric and undermining India’s integrity.
The MEA said, India’s protest and views have been conveyed strongly to the Office of the High Commissioner for UN Human Rights. India expressed its deep concern regarding individual prejudices being allowed to undermine the credibility of a UN institution. (AIR News)
