G-20 meeting in IIOJK a clear violation of international law: INSPAD

Islamabad, May 04: President of the Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD), an NGO active for world peace, dialogue, harmony and human rights, Dr Sardar Muhammad Tahir Tabassum has said that holding a meeting of G-20 countries in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is a clear violation of international law and treaties.

According to WNTV UK, in a statement issued in Islamabad, Dr Tahir Tabassum said that these countries should boycott the meeting and urge India to implement the UN resolutions on Kashmir. He said this meeting is a failed attempt to fool the world, by which India wants to tell that there is peace in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which is a blatant lie and deception.

The INSPAD President maintained that India wants to commit more atrocities and violate human rights on Kashmiris during the G-20 meeting. The United Nations and other international organizations should stop India from this heinous act, her added.

Dr Tahir Tabassum said that the government of Pakistan should make an immediate and effective effort at the diplomatic level to stop this meeting in IIOJK by making effective contacts with the G-20 countries.

India cannot hide its crimes from such a meeting in an internationally recognized disputed area and the status of the decisions taken in this meeting will be doubtful, he said, adding, he has appealed to China, Turkey and other powerful countries to boycott this meeting and postpone it so that atrocities on the Kashmiri people can end under its guise.

Dr Tahir Tabassum also expected the Pakistani and Kashmiri representatives living abroad to play a strong role in making the boycott of this meeting successful through their elected representatives of their countries and campaign for it. “Whatever India does, it cannot suppress the right of self-determination of the Kashmiris to for long, nor can it tolerate state terrorism,” he maintained.