Pakistan says will move to U.N. Security Council with China's support over Kashmir
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1426581
Pakistan says will move to U.N. Security Council with China's support over Kashmir
- Title: Pakistan says will move to U.N. Security Council with China's support over Kashmir
- Date: 10th August 2019
- Summary: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AUGUST 10, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI HOLDING NEWS CONFERENCE/ JOURNALISTS SEATED QURESHI SITTING WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN MOHAMMAD FAISAL AND TALKING JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) PAKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI, SAYING: "I have shared with them (China) that the Pakistan government has decided to take this issue to U.N. Security Council. We will be needing your (China's) help there. Now I want to share it with you and I want to tell my nation through you that they (China) have assured full support to Pakistan." REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) PAKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI, SAYING: "I am talking to foreign ministers and I will talk to more of them. I may contact the foreign minister of Indonesia today. She was not in the country. She was in Singapore. I may contact her as soon as today upon her return. Indonesia is a non-permanent member of Security Council. I have to talk to the foreign minister of Poland on Monday." REPORTERS QURESHI LEAVING AFTER END OF NEWS CONFERENCE EXTERIOR OF FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING
- Embargoed: 24th August 2019 17:40
- Keywords: Pakistan Kashmir India special status foreign minister
- Location: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
- City: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001ARMXSG7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Pakistan said on Saturday (August 10) it would move the United Nations Security Council with China's support with a motion to condemn India for its decision to strip its portion of the Kashmir region of special status.
Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a news conference that he had been in talks with China, and he also planned to approach Indonesia and Poland, both non-permanent members of the 15-strong Security Council, for their support.
Pakistan, which lays claims to Kashmir, has downgraded diplomatic ties with arch-rival India and suspended trade in anger at its latest move. Pakistan said on Saturday it had cancelled a bus linking Lahore with Delhi, the last remaining public transport link between the neighbours.
Regional leaders had warned of a backlash in the region, where militants have been fighting Indian rule for nearly 30 years, leading to the deaths of more than 50,000 people.
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