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In its efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan has reached out to France in its latest diplomatic parleys.
A statement issued by Pakistan Foreign Office said that the two of twenty two special envoys appointed by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif have briefed French Parliamentarians and senior officials on “human rights violations by India in Kashmir”.
The statement said that Special Envoys of the Prime Minister on Jammu & Kashmir, Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq and Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan, Member National Assembly, met with the members of French National Assembly, French Senate, senior officials of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and local think tanks in Paris and briefed them about the “Indian atrocities in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoK) on defenceless Kashmiris”.
The President of France-Pakistan Friendship Group in the Senate of France, Senator Pascal Allizard, was also apprised of “blatant human rights violations being committed by the Indian occupation forces in Kashmir”, the statement added.
“The Envoys particularly highlighted the use of live ammunition and pellet guns against unarmed protesters, who are demanding their right to self-determination in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolutions,” it said.
Being a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, the Envoys urged France to play its role towards implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions, which recognize people of Jammu & Kashmir’s Right to Self Determination through a free and fair plebiscite under the UN supervision.
“They stressed that the international community should pressurize India to stop the bloodshed of Kashmiris in Kashmir,” the Foreign Office statement said adding, “the envoys emphasized that Pakistan is committed to peace and stability in the region and desires amicable resolution of all issues with India, particularly, the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.”
The statement further said that the Envoys had a detailed interaction with the Pakistani and the Kashmiri community and lauded their role in highlighting the cause of Kashmir in France effectively.
The envoys also met with the representatives of International Federation of Human Rights and Medicines du Monde and requested them to immediately extend humanitarian and medical aid to the injured Kashmiris.
