Observer Report
Beijing
China has said issues regarding Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) should be resolved peacefully and properly according to the UN charter, relevant UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and bilateral agreements.
Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Wang Wenbin reiterated that China’s position on IIOJK was ‘consistent and clear’.
Spokesperson Wenbin also rejected the notion, when asked in a question, of China not having a neutral position over the recently given provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
On November 2, Pakistan categorically rejected Indian Ministry of External Affairs’ irresponsible and unwarranted statement regarding Gilgit-Baltistan saying that India has no locus standi whatsoever on the issue — legal, moral or historical.
Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri had said in a statement that for more than 73 years, India had been in illegal and forcible occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
