End to genocide in Kashmir a must for fruitful mediation: Masood Khan.

ISLAMABAD -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan has called upon the United States President Donald Trump to play his role to secure an end to the ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri people and the crimes against humanity in occupied Kashmir before any process of mediation is initiated to resolve the Kashmir issue.

Addressing a press conference at Jammu and Kashmir House here on Friday, he said that Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir had always supported the solution of Kashmir issue through peaceful means including mediation.

He explained that efforts to resolve the Kashmir conflict through third party mediation or any other peaceful means should be in line with the UN Security Council resolutions and within the framework of Article 33 of the UN Charter.

"If such an effort is made, it will further strengthen the UN Security

Council resolutions on Kashmir adopted under Chapter VI of the UN Charter," he added.

The AJK president said that for the success of any mediation effort, it is imperative to secure an end to the ongoing repression, get the human rights violations ceased, and to compel the Indian Government to reverse its recent actions related to Kashmir.

For the success of any mediation effort for a peaceful solution to the

Kashmir issue, it is necessary that this process is supported by all the three parties to the issue i.e. Pakistan, India and the people of Jammu and Kashmir, he added.

Sardar Masood Khan said that the prevailing situation in Indian occupied Kashmir is not conducive for efforts to resolve the Kashmir issue through mediation or talks. "If the US President Donald Trump, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres or any other world leaders were to...