Two days after National Security Advisor(NSA) Ajit Doval walked out of a virtual meeting when his Pakistani counterpart showed a wrong political map of India, the Government on Thursday told the Parliament that these maps have no legal and international validity.
Making this observation in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan said, a so-called ‘political map’ of Pakistan was unveiled by its
Prime Minister on August 4. It made absurd assertions and laid untenable claims to territories in Gujarat and the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the minister said
The Government has rejected Pakistan’s obsession with territorial aggrandisement supported by cross border terrorism.
It has also been emphasized that Pakistan should desist from laying untenable claims to Indian territories, which have neither legal validity nor international credibility.
The Minister also said the government continues to respond appropriately to Pakistan’s malicious actions and propaganda, including on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, at various international fora. The question was asked by BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Taking strong exception to the provocative act by Pakistan, India had on Tuesday walked out of a meeting of the National Security Advisors(NSA)of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SC0).
The Ministry of External Affairs said what Pakistan did was in “blatant disregard to host Russia’s advisory”.
