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Updated January 31st, 2019 at 00:28 IST

Government summons Pakistan High Commissioner over Pak Foreign Minister and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz's phone call

India on Wednesday summoned High Commissioner of Pakistan Sohail Mahmood in connection with a telephone conversation between Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and senior Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

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India on Wednesday summoned High Commissioner of Pakistan Sohail Mahmood in connection with a telephone conversation between Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and senior Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Pakistan envoy Sohail Mahmood was summoned by Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale. Mahmood was conveyed that Pakistan Foreign Minister call to the Hurriyat leader was stronly condemned by the Government of India for being a brazen attempt to subvert India’s unity and to violate its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

   "The High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned by the Foreign Secretary tonight in connection with the telephone conversation initiated by the Foreign Minister of Pakistan with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from the All Parties Hurriyat Conference," the MEA said in a statement. 

The Foreign Secretary also conveyed that this deplorable act has violated all norms for the conduct of international relations even by Pakistan’s own standards.

"The Pakistan Foreign Minister’s actions are tantamount to direct interference in the internal affairs of its neighbour. Foreign Secretary underscored that by this action Pakistan has confirmed yet again that it officially abets and encourages individuals associated with terrorism and anti-India activities. It has exposed to the entire international community Pakistan’s duplicity in professing their desire for normal relations with India on the one hand, while openly inciting anti-India activities on the other," MEA said in press release.

Government’s position that the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is and shall remain the integral part of India, and that Pakistan has no locus standi in any matters related to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, has also been made clear again to the High Commissioner of Pakistan. 

READ: Pakistan Continues To Support Terrorists To Disrupt Peace In Jammu And Kashmir: Governor Satya Pal Malik

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Published January 30th, 2019 at 23:56 IST

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