ISLAMABAD: Elections in Indian Kashmir are not an alternative to the exercise of their right of self-determination, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said on Thursday.
Addressing the weekly press briefing at the ministry of foreign affairs in Islamabad on Thursday, she was asked whether elections that were being held in Kashmir today are an alternative to the right of self-determination.
“Absolutely not and this is the position of the United Nations Security Council resolutions as well that any elections in Indian occupied Kashmir are not an alternative to the exercise of their right of self-determination.”