The US State Department has urged India to resume political engagement with Kashmiri leaders and schedule promised elections in their occupied region as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
In a statement to the media, US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus urged India to take some key steps to bring normalcy to occupied Kashmir, which has been suffering under relentless curfew imposed on Aug 5, when New Delhi unilaterally annexed the disputed territory.<\/p>\n
Ms Ortagus said the United States \u201ccontinue(s) to be very concerned by widespread detentions, including of local political and business leaders, and the restrictions on the residents\u201d of occupied Kashmir.<\/p>\n
The demand for political reforms, although unlikely to fully redress the grievances of the people of occupied Kashmir who want an end to India\u2019s illegal occupation, shows Washington\u2019s continued concern about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. It also indicates that the US is not buying India\u2019s claim that the occupied region is in calm.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also remains concerned by tensions in Kashmir and has urged India and Pakistan to peacefully discuss a way out of the ongoing crisis, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe appeals to both sides to deal with the issue through dialogue and, as was said by the High Commissioner for Human Rights recently, the situation in Kashmir can only be solved with the full respect of human rights.\u201d, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said .<\/p>\n
Tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad were raised on Aug. 5, when India sent thousands of troops into the Kashmir valley, withdrew special rights for the region and cut off the area\u2019s mobile telephone and internet connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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