In a snub to Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said it sees no reason to comment on its “frustration” after Islamabad summoned a top US diplomat over US ambassador Sergio Gor’s recent remarks on Jammu and Kashmir being an “important part of India” .
During his visit to J&K on Wednesday, Gor described union territory as “an important part of India. Distancing himself from the row, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that the summoning of a US diplomat by Islamabad was an issue between Pakistan and the United States. “I will repeat, Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh are integral and indivisible parts of India. “I see no reason to comment on Pakistan’s frustration.
They were, they are, and they will remain so,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during the bi-weekly press briefing in the national capital. This is what I have to say,” he said in response to a question on Pakistan sparking a diplomatic protest over Gor’s remarks. This was his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir, during which the US ambassador to India also said that America would reconsider its travel advisories for the region. In the statement, Pakistan said that it “strongly condemned” the remarks and called them “irresponsible”. “It was underscored that Jammu and Kashmir is…awaiting final disposition in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people,” Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs claimed.
