The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a rare meeting on Kashmir after India revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, sparking a row with Pakistan, diplomats told AFP on Thursday, 15 August.The meeting will take place behind closed doors on Friday morning, the diplomats said.
Poland, which currently holds the council’s rotating presidency, has listed the matter for discussion at 10:00 local time, (7.30 pm IST), the diplomats added.
It is extremely rare for the Security Council to discuss Kashmir. The last time there was a full Security Council meeting on the Himalayan region was in 1965.
India has categorically told the international community that its move to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution removing the special status to Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter and has also advised Pakistan to “accept the reality”.
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