Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi met with UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa here and briefed her about the situation in Kashmir.
The meeting, chaired by newly appointed Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, began in the afternoon and was attended by the Secretaries of the Central government.
United States President Donald Trump returned home from the Group of Seven Summit held in the French city of Biarritz from August 24 and 26.
The claims of medicine shortage in Jammu and Kashmir following the clampdown after the abrogation of Article 370 turned out to be baseless
Trump, who had telephonic conversations with both PM Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan last week on the Kashmir issue, said he would be meeting the Indian leader over the weekend at the G7, and he would do his best to mediate.
India has categorically told the international community that its move to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution removing the special status to Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter and has also advised Pakistan to accept the reality.
US President Donald Trump is "ready to assist" India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue if both sides ask for it, the White House said on Thursday, even as Washington was "very closely" monitoring the situation.
Mohammad Faisal said another platform available for Pakistan was to raise the issue in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's foreign ministers' meeting. Talking about the ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) by India, he said that the situation was dangerous and both sides were suffering the loss of lives.
Kashmir is the first line of defence for Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday as his Cabinet decided to highlight the situation in Kashmir during the weeks leading to the address of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to the United Nations General Assembly next month.
During the conversation, US Secretary of Defence, Mark Esper hoped that any issue between India and Pakistan will be resolved bilaterally.
As the closed-door meeting on Kashmir issue concluded at the UN Security Council, India’s Ambassador to UN Syed Akbaruddin maintained that matters related to Article 370 are internal. Akbaruddin further said the government is committed to removing all restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir.
China has formally asked for "closed consultations" in the UN Security Council to discuss India revoking the special status to Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan, Beijing's closest ally, wrote a letter on the issue to Poland, the Council President for the month of August, a top diplomat here said.
While addressing a special session of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad he said that if a war breaks out between Pakistan and India, the world community will be responsible.
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet... Rudyard Kipling might have had no inkling of what 2019 would bring to the connotation of his lines. But thanks to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik -- the lines make more sense than ever.
Poland, which currently holds the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, had earlier said that India and Pakistan should find a solution to the burning Kashmir issue “bilaterally”.
Pakistan has formally called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss India's move to revoke the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday.
Ground Report: People of Jammu and Kashmir expect development from Modi government
The Supreme Cort on Tuesday refused to pass immediate directions on a plea for lifting several restrictions including communication in Jammu and Kashmir, terming the present situation in Vally as 'very sensitive.' The top court also said it is also in favour of the restoration of normalcy is but it can't be at the cost of lives.
Kashmir was never a part of Pakistan or will be a part of it, a controversial Islamic scholar has told Pakistan, asking it to face the situation with "honesty".
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