UK parliament debate made clear Kashmir is not India's 'internal issue': Qureshi.

ISLAMABAD -- Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that the debate on Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) earlier in the week in the British parliament had made it clear that 'Kashmir is not India's internal issue.'

The foreign minister was referring to a debate moved in the House of Commons by Sarah Owen from Luton North on Jan 13 on the situation in occupied Kashmir.

Qureshi said in a statement that contrary to India's portrayal of Kashmir as its internal issue, British parliamentarians had made clear that the issue was in fact a globally recognised dispute that had been addressed through several resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

He termed the development in the UK as 'success of Pakistan's diplomatic approach' and a 'source of encouragement for Kashmiris', expressing confidence that such voices would further expose the 'real face of India'.

'Pakistan has been exposing the ongoing Indian atrocities in IoK for a long [time] and now the same echo is being heard in the British parliament, endorsing Pakistan's stance against India.'

Qureshi stressed the need for delegations from the US Congress, British parliament and the European...

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