US ambassador to India causes diplomatic firestorm with Kashmir comment
Pakistan condemned the remarks as inconsistent with UN resolutions and summoned the US charge d’affaires after the envoy called Kashmir part of India.
- On Wednesday, Pakistan summoned U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Natalie Baker and lodged a 'strong demarche' after U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor described Jammu and Kashmir as 'an important part of India' during his visit to Srinagar.
- The Foreign Office rejected the remarks as an 'irresponsible statement,' stressing that Jammu and Kashmir remains an 'internationally recognised disputed territory' awaiting final disposition under United Nations Security Council resolutions.
- Gor, the first American envoy to visit the region in six years, met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and indicated the U.S. may reassess travel advisories, potentially benefiting local tourism which accounts for 7% of state GDP.
- Opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti urged Gor to withdraw the 'highest level travel advisory,' describing it as 'a wall between Kashmir and the world,' while Islamabad argued the remarks contradicted Washington's commitment to international law.
- Recalling past mediation offers from President Donald Trump, Pakistan urged Washington to keep public statements consistent with the territory's status, as the Kashmir dispute remains central to decades of conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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Remarks on Jammu and Kashmir by Sergio Gor have turned into a diplomatic spat Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the top US diplomat in Islamabad to lodge a “strong demarche” over remarks made by Washington’s ambassador in New Delhi that Jammu and Kashmir is an “important part of India.” Sergio Gor, who is also the US...
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