Stability in S Asia hinges on India-Pak ties: UNGA

Islamabad, May 27

The peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia hinged on normalisation of relations between Pakistan and India, a top UN official said here on Thursday as he urged the two neighbours to work for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue.

UN General Assembly president Volkan Bozkir, a former Turkish diplomat and politician who is in Pakistan on an official visit, made the comments during a talk on the ‘Importance of Multilateralism’ at the National Defence University here. Bozkir said peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia hinged on normalisation of relations between Pakistan and India.

“I have always urged the parties to refrain from changing the status of the disputed territory,” Bozkir said, apparently in a veiled reference to India’s move to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. — PTI