Briefing sought by China from UNMOGIP postponed.

ISLAMABAD -- A briefing sought by China from the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) at the Security Council had to be postponed after UN officials said that they were not ready for it.

China on Tuesday, during a closed door meeting of the Security Council, drew the attention of the members towards a letter written by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi expressing concern on the escalating situation at the Line of Control (LoC), and asked for a brief from the UN military observers.

There was lot of anticipation here about China taking up the matter because any briefing on the situation of LoC would have also touched upon the crisis in occupied Kashmir after its annexation by India. But that could not happen.

The Security Council had held an informal consultative session on Kashmir in August. That meeting had also been called by China after India's Aug 5 action of abrogating Article 370, which gave the occupied region special status.

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