Rules of world order not applied equally: EAM on Kashmir issue

Pakistan's occupation of a part of Jammu and Kashmir since 1948 is an example of the shortcomings of the existing world order that need to be addressed, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI:

Jaishankar said at the Raisina Dialogue, India's flagship conference on geopolitics, that the rules of the existing world order had not been applied equally. He also pointed to Pakistan when he cautioned that in the absence of a world order countries with extreme positions can try to use disorder to their advantage.

He made the remarks while participating in a session with the theme of "Thrones and Thorns: Defending the integrity of nations" along with Liechtenstein foreign minister Dominique Hasler, Slovak foreign minister Juraj Blanár and Sweden's former premier Carl Bildt. The session focused on the relevance of the UN Charter and principles such as non-interference in the context of territorial borders being violated and digital interference in political processes.

Jaishankar brought up the Kashmir issue while speaking of the unequal application of rules of the world order that has existed since the end of World War II and the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"After the second World War, the longest standing illegal presence, occupation of a territory by another country pertains to India. What we saw in Kashmir," he said.