China says no to G-20 meet in disputed Kashmir
ANKARA (AA): China has said that Beijing will not attend any meeting of the G-20 in Kashmir illegally occupied by India, according to the state-run media.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Beijing opposes the holding of such meetings in disputed areas.
“China firmly opposes holding G-20 meetings in any form in disputed areas and will not attend such meetings,” Global Times quoted Wang as saying, when asked about reports of India hosting a G-20 meeting in the part of Kashmir it occupies.
India is set to host the third G-20 working group on tourism meeting in the Jammu and Kashmir region from May 22-24 as head of the 20-nation group.
It is the first major international event to be organized after August 5, 2019, when the Muslim-majority region’s autonomous status was scrapped, raising fears that Muslims would be rendered a powerless minority.
On May 8, Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during his visit to India for attending a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, criticized New Delhi for holding the G-20 summit in the disputed territory of Kashmir, and said it shows India’s “arrogance and violation of international law” as Kashmir is a disputed territory.
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