UNGA President encourages India, Pakistan to resolve Kashmir issue through ‘peaceful means’
The Hindu
The position of the United Nations on Jammu and Kashmir is governed by the U.N. Charter and applicable Security Council resolutions, UNGA President Volkan Bozkir said
President of the U.N. General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has encouraged India and Pakistan to resolve the issue of Kashmir “through peaceful means” and said that he supports dialogue and diplomacy, recalling the 1972 Simla Agreement between the two countries. Mr. Bozkir, in response to a question on Kashmir during a press conference on May 4, said that the position of the United Nations on Jammu and Kashmir is governed by the U.N. Charter and applicable Security Council resolutions. “I also recall India and Pakistan’s Simla Agreement of 1972, which states that the final status of Jammu and Kashmir is to be settled by peaceful means in accordance with the U.N. Charter,” said the Turkish diplomat and politician who is serving as the President of the United Nations General Assembly since 2020.More Related News
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