Toronto - December 30, 2010: The United Kingdom calls for improvement in the human rights situation in Kashmir and wants a lasting resolution of the Kashmir issue that is according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people, says Minister Alistair Burt.
Mr. Alistair Burt, Minister for Asia at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in a letter thanks Mr. Mushtaq A. Jeelani, Executive Director of Peace and Justice Forum (PJF), for his letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron about Kashmir.
Mr. Burt states: “I understand your [Mr. Jeelani’s] concern over the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir.” He further underlines: “The UK continues to call for an improvement in the human rights situation on both sides of the Line of Control and for an end to external support for violence in Kashmir.” Adding: “Funding from the UK supports human rights, conflict prevention, and peace building efforts on both sides of the Line of Control.”
Minister Alistair Burt underscores: “We regularly raise the importance of finding a lasting resolution to the situation in Kashmir with the Governments of India and Pakistan.”
“But the long standing position of the UK is that it is for India and Pakistan to find a lasting resolution to the situation in Kashmir, one which takes into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people,” concludes Mr. Burt.
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