The future of Kashmir cannot be determined by India unilaterally, lawmakers from EU and UK said while reaffirming their support for Kashmiris as the principal stakeholders of the conflict.
With the UNGA’s 75th session scheduled in days, lawmakers, diplomats and journalists from the EU, UK, India, Pakistan and Jammu Kashmir and Pakistan administered Kashmir agreed that the international community must know how Kashmir had become extremely restive since Aug 5 last year, and this comes with implications for conflict escalation in the region.
The session was chaired by Senator Sherry Rehman, president of the Jinnah Institute, and participants included UK Member of Parliament (MP) Andrew Gwynne, Senior journalist Iftikhar Gilani, Member of European Parliament (MEP) Michael Gahler, former Pakistan ambassador to the US and EU Tariq Fatemi, Indian columnist and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician Sudheendra Kulkarni, former MEP Julie Ward and IIOJK-based professor Dr Siddiq Wahid.
The British MP Andrew Gwynne from the Labour Party agreed that the Kashmir needed an international focus and identified the need to re-educate UK citizens on the issue.buy stendra online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/themes/shoptimizer/inc/core/functions/new/stendra.html no prescription He said that Britain was responsible as it left the Kashmir issue unresolved at the time of the partition, and added that his country had a positive role to play as a member of the UN Security Council.
“The world cannot afford two nuclear states to enter into a conflict,” MP Gwynne stated during the webinar.
MP James Daly from the Conservative Party highlighted the significance of recognising oppressed Kashmiris’ inalienable right of self-determination. He recounted his visit to Pakistan administered Jammu Kashmir in February 2020 along with other lawmakers.
“Our group was not let into India, and we were not able to speak with the Indian government in a free and open manner,” he stated.