"Unofficial Visit": US On Lawmaker's PoK Visit After India Condemnation
NDTV
Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American who belongs to President Joe Biden's Democratic Party, had after her visit to PoK said "Kashmir should get more attention from the United States", which elicited stern condemnation from India.
US lawmaker Ilhan Omar's meeting with recently ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and her "unofficial, personal" visit to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir or PoK did not represent the United States government in any way, an official said.
India had on Thursday condemned Ms Omar's visit to Pak-occupied Kashmir as violative of India's territorial integrity and sovereignty and that it reflected her "narrow-minded" politics.
The Democratic Congresswoman is on a four-day visit to Pakistan that began on April 20. On Wednesday, she met Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan as well as visited a part of PoK.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Derek Chollet, counselor to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said "It's an unofficial personal visit and it does not represent any policy change on behalf of the United States government."
