{"id":29286,"date":"2020-07-04T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T08:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=29286"},"modified":"2020-07-04T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T08:13:30","slug":"foreign-ministers-of-pakistan-china-discuss-situation-in-kashmir-loc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=29286","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, China discuss situation in Kashmir, LoC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Talk held amid speculation that both countries are presenting a common front along LAC<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The \u201cdeteriorating\u201d situation on the Line of Control in Kashmir came up for discussion between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday, according to statements from Islamabad and Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (left) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake in Beijing | File photo | Photo Credit: Andrea Verdelli<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cForeign Minister Qureshi underscored that regional security situation was deteriorating and underlined that India\u2019s belligerent posture and expansionist policies were imperiling peace in the region,\u201d said a release from the Pakistan Foreign Ministry, which also referred to alleged human rights violations and the recent change in domicile laws. \u201c[Mr. Qureshi] also briefed [Mr. Wang] about the repeated violations committed by India across the LOC,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Mr. Wang said] both China and Pakistan must work together to meet the risks and challenges and safeguard the common interests of the two countries and regional peace and stability. For a long time, China and Pakistan have always understood and supported each other, stood firmly on issues involving each other\u2019s core interests, and are trusted sincere partners,\u201d the Chinese MFA statement said, adding that the \u201ctwo sides also exchanged views on a wide range of topics such as the situation in Kashmir, Afghanistan and South Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the conversation took place on a day when Mr. Qureshi announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The phone call between the two leaders comes amid speculation that China and Pakistan are presenting a common front in the standoff between the Indian army and PLA troops at the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, which may require India to prepare for a \u201ctwo-front war\u201d. On Friday, India had also issued a demarche to Pakistan over growing incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan forces along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Boundary (IB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Countering Pakistan\u2019s allegations about the LoC, sources in the government said that India had registered a \u201cstrong protest at the continued unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan forces along the LoC and the IB which are in contravention to the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year, till June 2020, 14 Indians have been killed and 88 Indians have been injured in more than 2,432 unprovoked ceasefire violations carried out by Pakistan forces,\u201d said the sources, adding that Pakistan\u2019s firing was meant to provide cover for the cross-border infiltration of terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite these concerns having been shared, including through the channel of Director Generals Military Operations, the Pakistan forces have not ceased such activities,\u201d the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In their conversation, the Chinese and Pakistan FMs also referred to the UN Human Rights Council session this week, where India had raised concerns over the situation in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cChina appreciates that Pakistan, along with more than 50 friendly countries at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council, firmly supports Hong Kong\u2019s national security legislation and opposes the use of Hong Kong-related issues to interfere in China\u2019s internal affairs,\u201d said the Chinese MFA statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mr. Qureshi said he had \u201creiterated that Pakistan remains committed to \u2018One-China policy\u2019 and firmly supports China on its core interests including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

With inputs from The Hindu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talk held amid speculation that both countries are presenting a common front along LAC The \u201cdeteriorating\u201d situation on the Line of Control in Kashmir came up for discussion between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday, according to statements from Islamabad and Beijing. \u201cForeign Minister Qureshi underscored that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}