Geeta (C), wife of Ravi Paul, an Indian army soldier who was killed in Sunday’s attack at an Indian army base in Kashmir’s Uri, reacts upon seeing the body of her husband in Sarwa village in Samba district, south of Jammu, September 19, 2016. However, most of their responses, with the exception of Russian Federation, are not any different from the usual. “The claim is part of a pattern to mislead world opinion and cover up India’s reign of terror in Kashmir”, he said.
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“We call upon the Council to urge Pakistan to fulfill its obligation to vacate illegal occupation of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir”.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh was to sign a key security cooperation agreement during his visit to Russian Federation, which was cancelled in wake of the terror attack at an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri district on Sunday. However, few countries have directly named Pakistan in their condemnation messages.
Both India and Russian Federation have shared friendly relations for several decades and it seems they are growing strong.
On Sept. 18, four terrorists from Pakistan sneaked into an Army base near Uri in Kashmir and killed 18 soldiers during an intense three-hour gun battle.
Infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir has risen sharply this year, after declining to a seven-year-low in 2015, as is evident from a spate of terror attacks in recent months.
He also conveyed his condolences to the families of the martyred soldiers, an official press release said. Even Russia made a qualified mention of the Islamic country, stating: “We are also concerned about the fact that, according to New Delhi, the army base near Uri was attacked from Pakistani territory”. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Vikas Swarup shared the Russian message on Twitter. Salim, 80, also said it was Sharif’s admission that no one in Pakistan listens to him. It was decided after Pakistan’s PM announced that he had asked 22 parliamentarians to raise the Kashmir issue at UNGA. Pakistan and Russian Federation were scheduled to conduct the “Druzhba-2016” tactical exercises from September 24-October 7 in Rattu and Cherat.
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“Nafees Zakaria regretted that India always levels baseless allegations against Pakistan whenever terrorist acts take place there”, the report added.
