'Britain in talks with other countries to get Kashmir issue resolved'

'We have people from 28 countries in our parliament and we want to represent Kashmiris,” said delegation leader

Members of the British Parliament visited Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to meet the valley’s president to support him amid severe human rights violation by Indian-occupying forces in the disputed territory.

“We are in talks with other countries to get the Kashmir issue resolved. We have people from 28 countries in our parliament and we want to represent Kashmiris,” said the delegation leader who met AJK President Masood Khan.

“Kashmiris will one day achieve independence from the tyrant forces,” the member of the British Parliament said while holding a joint presser with the president on Thursday.



Masood said India was carrying out a planned genocide against Kashmiris who want freedom from the occupying troops and said the situation in the valley is deteriorating day by day.

“India is using brutal force to suppress the Kashmiri movement for liberation by committing human rights violation,” he said.

The president said Indian forces kill protestors and raid residential areas frequently to suppress the growing movement, however, the youth is getting more engaged in fighting against the occupiers.



Earlier in April this year, the United States said it would try and “find its place” in efforts to de-escalate strains between Pakistan and India.

“It’s absolutely right that this administration is concerned about the relationship between India and Pakistan and very much wants to see how we de-escalate any sort of conflict going forward,” the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said while addressing a press conference after assuming the role of President of the Security Council at the United Nations (UN) for April.

Kashmir has been a troubled valley since the partition of the Subcontinent; both Pakistan and India claim it in full, both governing separate disputed parts. Post-independence from the British, the two neighbouring countries also fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir.