Pakistan criticises India’s move to host G20 meeting in Srinagar

India`s choice to host a assembly of Group of 20 (G20) nations in Srinagar, a part of Indian-administered Kashmir, has been slammed via way of means of Pakistan, which known as it an “irresponsible flow”.

In a overseas ministry announcement launched on Tuesday, Pakistan expressed its “robust indignation” after the Indian authorities introduced Srinagar because the venue for the G20 Tourism Working Group assembly scheduled to take region from May 22 to 24.

“India`s irresponsible flow is the trendy in a sequence of self-serving measures to perpetuate its unlawful profession of Jammu and Kashmir in sheer dismiss of the United Nations Security Council resolutions and in violation of the concepts of the United Nations Charter and global law. Pakistan vehemently condemns those moves,” the announcement read.

“Such activities can’t disguise the fact of Jammu and Kashmir being an across the world identified dispute that has remained at the schedule of United Nations Security Council for over seven decades,” the Pakistani announcement added. “For a rustic that has a grandiose imaginative and prescient approximately itself, and its region withinside the world, India has another time proven that it’s far not able to behave as a accountable member of the global community.”

India took over the presidency of the G20, an monetary cooperation bloc made from 19 nations and the European Union, in December of ultimate year. It is scheduled to host a leader`s summit in New Delhi this September.

The Himalayan territory of Kashmir has been a flashpoint among India and Pakistan because they received independence from British rule in 1947. The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought 3 wars, of which had been over Kashmir, which each nations manipulate components of and which each declare in its entirety.

The Kashmir trouble similarly flared up 4 years in the past while India`s Hindu nationalist authorities, headed via way of means of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, revoked Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which granted Indian-administered Kashmir partial autonomy.

Pakistan`s former envoy to India, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, termed India`s choice to keep the occasion in Srinagar “exceedingly inappropriate”.

“It is unbecoming of India to host an occasion in Srinagar that’s in a disputed territory. It may be very inappropriate, however the manner matters are, this trouble isn’t always taken up as severely because of Indian importance,” Qazi instructed Al Jazeera.

He stated it’s far “unfortunate” that the Western nations which declare to be champions of human rights pick to disregard India`s choice.

“They are ignoring the truth that India is gambling host in Srinagar – and additionally did now no longer invite China, that’s a key member of G20, however it’s also a main violator of human rights – in addition to United Nations resolutions approximately this region.”