India rejects Pakistan’s status to Gilgit-Baltistan

 

... says it has no locus standi

Nov 01, 2020

Such attempts by Pakistan are intended to camouflage its illegal occupation, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said. (ANI)

India on Sunday rejected Pakistan’s move of granting provisional-provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan. In a strongly worded reply, spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs Anurag Srivastava said “the area of so-called Gilgit-Baltistan” are an integral part of India.

Underlining India’s stand on the issue, MEA officials said that the territory has been illegally and forcibly occupied by Pakistan.

Map of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan

Gilgit Baltistan Political Parties