We were not consulted on Kashmir issue: US Admin |
Two weeks after he offered to mediate between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue, US administration clarified on Wednesday that India did not consult or inform the US Government before moving to revoke Jammu and Kashmir`s special constitutional status. Meanwhile, a United Nations` human rights spokesman expressed concern about the situation in the state saying the latest restrictions, including blanket telecommunications clampdown, arbitrary detention of political leaders, and curtailing peaceful assembly, will exacerbate matters. The US has called on “all parties to maintain peace and stability along the Line of Control” without mentioning Pakistan. India`s ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla told a Heritage Foundation gathering of scholars on Tuesday that the reorganization is an internal matter of India and it was aimed at changing the developmental dynamics of the state for the better. "It`s something that doesn`t in any way touch upon or affect the LoC, the international boundary and therefore, doesn`t have any impact on our relationship with any other state (country)," Shringla said, explaining that the reorganisation of a state is not a new concept in India, and Jammu and Kashmir is the twelfth state to undergo such changes.
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