Pakistan victim of breeding terrorism, says India

New Delhi: Reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s remark that “Palestinians and Kashmiris (are) oppressed by foreign occupation,” MEA spokesman Vikas Swarup said the “Pak PM gets foreign occupation right, occupier wrong. We urge early vacation of Pak occupied Kashmir.” Mr Sharif had equated Kashmir with Palestine while talking of the “suffering of Muslims across the world”, saying “Palestinians and Kashmiris (are) oppressed by foreign occupation”.

In its reply at the UN, India said: “It is regrettable that the delegation of Pakistan has once again chosen to misuse the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly session to portray a false picture of the challenges in our region. Pakistan claims to be the primary victim of terrorism. It is actually a victim of its own policies of breeding and sponsoring terrorists.

“Seeking to mask its activities as though an outcome of domestic discontent in the Indian state of J&K carries no credibility with the world. It was stated J&K s under foreign occupation. It is, except that the occupier in question is Pakistan. In fact, India’s reservations about the proposed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor stem from the fact that it passes through Indian territory illegally occupied by Pakistan for many years. Pakistan apparently regrets that the dispute over J&K remains unresolved, and that our dialogue has not progressed. If it is so, this is because Pakistan has chosen to disregard its commitments.”