ISLAMABAD: After China, more countries have diplomatically isolated India – hosting the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in India’s illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Violating international law – because he stayed away from the summit.
On Friday, China said it would not be part of the G20 summit – scheduled to be held today (May 22) – as it did not support holding any conference in the occupied territories.
“China strongly opposes holding any G20 meeting on the disputed territory. We will not participate in such meetings,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
Following in China’s footsteps, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt indicated that they did not want to attend the meeting and dropped its registration.
Turkey has consistently sided with Pakistan on the Kashmir dispute and has raised the issue at various international forums.
Meanwhile, all political parties and pro-independence groups in the IIOJK have also announced a complete strike in the Occupied Valley today.
The press release announced that Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control would go on a complete shutter-down strike on May 22, while anti-India protests and rallies took place in all major capitals of the world against the schedule of the UN-appointed G20 summit. will go CONTROVERSIAL AREA OF IIOJK.
The call for strike and protest was jointly given by the All-Party Hurriyat Conference and the political leadership of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Bilawal in AJK to express solidarity with Kashmiris
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in Muzaffarabad on a three-day visit on Sunday to express solidarity with Kashmiris against India’s violation of international laws by holding the G20 meeting at IIOJK.
India cannot suppress the voice of Kashmiris through the conference. Talking to the media on this occasion, Bilawal said that it is not possible for India to play an effective role in the world by violating the UN resolution.
Bilawal said that at a time when India was holding the G20 meeting in Occupied Kashmir, he was invited to address the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. He further said that those who think that they can suppress the voice of the people of Occupied Kashmir by holding a conference will be proved wrong.
We are showing the real face of India to the world. I am here to express solidarity with Kashmiri brothers and sisters.
