New Delhi: India today slammed China for making yet another attempt to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council, saying it ‘firmly rejects’ Beijing’s ‘interference’ in the country’s internal affairs.
In a statement, the External Affairs Ministry said, “We have noted that China initiated a discussion in the UN Security Council on issues pertaining to the Indian Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.”
It added: “This was not the first time that China has sought to raise a subject that is solely an internal matter of India. As on such previous occasions, this attempt too met with little support from the international community.”
Urging China to draw proper conclusions from such infructuous attempts, the MEA added: “We firmly reject China’s interference in our internal affairs and urge it to draw proper conclusions from such infructuous attempts.”
On Wednesday too, India slammed China for describing the reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 as ‘illegal and invalid’, and advised Beijing not to comment on the internal affairs of other nations.
In a sharp reaction to China’s comments on the first anniversary of India’s decision on Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said China has no locus standi on the matter.
Earlier, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said in Beijing that any unilateral change to the status quo of Jammu and Kashmir is illegal and invalid.