Imran welcomes UNSC meet on Kashmir dispute Qureshi thanks Guterres for his efforts to address HRs situation in IOK.

Islamabad/ New York -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said the consideration of the situation in occupied Kashmir by the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) 'reflects a recognition of the seriousness of the prevailing situation'.

The premier's remarks follow a meeting of the UNSC on Wednesday during which the situation in occupied Kashmir was reviewed, the Foreign Office said in a statement issued on Thursday morning.

In a tweet, the premier said: 'Pakistan welcomes UN Security Council discussing the situation in Jammu and Kashmir again. An internationally recognized dispute, J and K remains on the Security Council's agenda and its consideration by the Council reflects a recognition of the seriousness of the prevailing situation.'

In a subsequent tweet, the prime minister said that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute must be resolved in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and the will of the Kashmiri people.

'We will continue to provide moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people until they secure their inalienable right to self-determination,' he added.

Although the UNSC meeting on Wednesday took place behind closed doors, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun had spoken to journalists outside the chamber, confirming that the council had reviewed the situation in occupied Kashmir.

'The issue of India and Pakistan is always on the agenda of the Security Council,' said the Chinese ambassador while pointing out that 'recently, we have also seen some tensions.'

Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while speaking to the media in New York, said that the UN's recognition of the situation in occupied Kashmir on Wednesday reaffirmed it is an internationally recognised dispute, adding that 'final disposition of the dispute must be done in accordance with relevant security council resolutions and the popular aspirations of the Kashmiri people'.

The foreign minister is currently in the United States on the third leg of his mission to defuse tensions in the Middle East, having already visited Tehran and Riyadh as part of Pakistan's diplomatic efforts.

Commenting on the UNSC meeting, Qureshi said he had previously addressed several letters to the security council, informing them of the 'serious threat to international peace and security posed by India's unilateral measures of Aug 5 in occupied Kashmir, its continuing violations of human rights [in the valley], and its belligerent posture and actions against Pakistan'.

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