‘No country can accept interference in its internal affairs, certainly not India’: MEA at UNHRC

Geneva (Switzerland), Sep 10 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East), Vijay Thakur Singh, on September 10 made a statement on Jammu and Kashmir situation and abrogation of Article 370 from the state, and said no country would accept meddling in its internal affairs, and India certainly won’t. “These were sovereign decisions entirely internal to India, no country can accept interference in its internal affairs, certainly not India,” Singh said at UNHRC She said that the Indian Government is taking affirmative actions by adopting progressive policies to promote socio-economic equality and justice and as a result of recent scrapping of Article 370; these progressive policies will now be fully applicable to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. “My government is taking affirmative actions by adopting progressive policies to promote socio-economic equality and justice as a result of recent legislative measures these progressive policies will now be fully applicable to our citizens in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. These will end gender discrimination, better protect juvenile rights and make applicable right to education, information and work.” She added that the Indian Government has taken the decision of abrogation of Article 370 after brief debate and support of all the parliamentarians. A 5-member Indian delegation issued the statement at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva.

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