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India objects to Pak’s remark on Kashmir
Ashok Tuteja
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 27
India today chided Pakistan for its latest remarks on Jammu and Kashmir even as top diplomats of the countries were trying to fix a bilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries in New York.

“India’s position on the state of Jammu and Kashmir is unequivocal and well-articulated,” government sources here said. They were reacting to Pakistan foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit’s statement asking New Delhi to “revisit its approach and its Kashmir policy rather than taking cosmetic measures here and there’’ as that would not bring about any change in the situation.

In the past two weeks, the two countries have exchanged sharp words over Kashmir with New Delhi accusing Islamabad of meddling in India’s internal affairs.

This verbal duel has come at a time when attempts are on to make External Affairs Minister SM Krishna meet his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmud Qureshi on the margins of the UN General Assembly meet.

If their meeting materialises, it would be the first time that they will hold substantive talks after their failed talks in Islamabad in mid-July.