China Voices Opposition To India’s Reported Plans To Hold G-20 Meeting In J&K

New Delhi: China on Thursday voiced its opposition to India’s reported plans to carry the subsequent 12 months’s assembly of G-20 leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, echoing shut ally Pakistan’s objection, and underlined that related sides ought to keep away from “politicising” the difficulty. “Now we have famous related info,” Chinese language Overseas Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian advised a media briefing right here on Thursday whereas replying to a query from the official media.

“China’s place on Kashmir is constant and clear lower. It’s a legacy concern between India and Pakistan. It ought to be correctly resolved in accordance with the related UN resolutions and bilateral agreements,” Zhao stated.

He stated the “related events ought to keep away from complicating the state of affairs with the unilateral transfer. We have to handle the disputes via dialogue and session and collectively uphold peace and stability.” Stating that G-20 is a premier discussion board for worldwide financial cooperation, Zhao stated “we name on related sides to deal with financial restoration and keep away from politicising the related concern in order to make a constructive contribution to bettering the worldwide financial governance”.

Requested whether or not China, a member of G-20, would attend the assembly, he stated, “whether or not we attend the assembly, we’ll look into that.” To a different query that China is constructing the China-Pakistan Financial Hall within the disputed area in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and India’s objections over it, Zhao stated “the 2 issues are utterly totally different in nature. China has undertaken initiatives to assist Pakistan to develop its financial system and enhance livelihoods.” “A few of these initiatives are within the Kashmir half that’s below the management of Pakistan. Related Chinese language corporations who run the initiatives achieve this with the intention of serving to the native folks to develop the financial system and enhance their livelihoods,” he stated.

“That doesn’t imply our place on Kashmir has modified,” he stated.

On June 25, Pakistan stated it rejected India’s try to carry a gathering of G20 international locations in Kashmir, hoping that members of the grouping might be absolutely cognisant of the imperatives of legislation and justice and would oppose the proposal outright.

Jammu and Kashmir might be internet hosting the 2023 conferences of G-20, an influential grouping that brings collectively the world’s main economies, with the union territory administration final Thursday establishing a five-member high-level committee for total coordination.

This would be the first main worldwide summit anticipated to be held in Jammu and Kashmir after its particular standing assured below Article 370 of the Structure was withdrawn and the erstwhile state was divided into two union territories in August 2019.

Pakistan Overseas Workplace spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad stated in a press release that Islamabad had taken be aware of reports objects showing within the Indian media indicating that India is likely to be considering to carry some G20-related assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Pakistan utterly rejects any such try by India,” Ahmad stated.

He stated it was a widely known proven fact that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised disputed territory between Pakistan and India, and has remained on the agenda of the United Nations Safety Council for over seven a long time.

He hoped that in case of any such controversial proposal from India, the G20 members might be absolutely cognisant of the imperatives of legislation and justice and would reject it outright.