In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders, Farida Behenji and Abdul Ahad Parra have welcomed the statement made by United Nations Secretary Gen-eral António Guterres for a just solution to the Kashmir dispute and respect for the rights of the Kashmiris
Farida Behenji in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the Kashmir dispute had been on the UN agenda for decades as a disputed territory and the World Body itself had passed several resolutions to resolve the lingering dispute.
She said that while the statement of António Guterres as the head of the World Body was a wel-come step, the UN should also use its efforts for a just and lasting solution to the lingering dispute.
Farida Behenji maintained that the Kashmiri people had always demanded settlement of the Kashmir dispute in the light of the UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
She said Pakistan has always raised the Kashmir dispute at international forums and always called for a meaningful dialogue process while India doesn’t want to settle the dispute peacefully and democrati-cally.
It is the responsibility of the international com-munity to play its role in resolving the Kashmir dispute so that durable peace could be established in the region, she maintained.—KMS
