No comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan till it shuns terrorism: Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said there can't be a comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan till it shuns terrorism. "While people are dying on the border, the dialogue is inappropriate," she added. But, Swaraj admitted National Security Advisors of both countries will meet to hold "talks on terror". She hit out at Pakistan over its "Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018" saying Pakistan always "distorts history". Here's more.
What is Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018?
On May 21, Pakistan's Cabinet approved Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018, which is being seen as Islamabad's efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province. "Pakistan tries to teach us history and geography. It is one country which does not believe in rule of law and I would just say one thing to their answer 'look who's talking'," Swaraj asserted.
India lodged a strong protest against Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan Order
India yesterday summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over Islamabad's Gilgit Baltistan order. It said any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under its "forcible and illegal occupation" has no legal basis. Today Pakistan termed India's claim over J&K as "spurious" and said it contradicts everything from history.
