A Reuters file photo of a UNSC meeting.
The state broadcaster added that the UN Military Observer Group is also likely to appraise the UNSC members on the rapidly deteriorating situation along the Line of Control (LOC).
The security council's calendar, however, lists a meeting where the secretary-general will present a report on the West African country of Mali.
This will be the second time the UNSC will discuss the Kashmir issue since August 5, when the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) government revoked the occupied valley's special status granting autonomy to the region and bifurcated it.
The highly militarized zone was locked down with thousands of additional troops deployed to the volatile valley. The political leadership was also imprisoned and a communication lockdown imposed days prior to the final decision.
Although the Indian government eased some of the curbs, yet thousands remain under arrest with mobile and internet connections suspended.
New Delhi argued it was a “preventive” measure to avoid unrest despite the United Nations’ 2016 declaration that the internet is a human right.
According to Reuters, the clampdown has cost occupied Kashmir’s economy a loss of more than $2.4 billion as sectors directly dependent on the internet with commerce and information technology the worst hit.
Over 150 days of agony: Kashmiris suffer longest internet blackout ever
The UNSC moot
After nearly five decades, the UNSC held a meeting on the situation in IOJ&K and nullified New Delhi's claim that Kashmir was an internal matter.
Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun expressed serious concerns and said that the UNSC members want the "parties concerned to refrain from taking any unilateral action that might further aggravate the tension there since the situation is already very tense and very dangerous".
Jun warned that India’s move to amend Kashmir’s constitutional status was “causing tensions in the region, China is deeply concerned and opposes any unilateral decisions”.
When asked by a journalist if Moscow was concerned by the Kashmir issue, Russian envoy to UN Dmitry Polyanskiy replied: "very much concerned, would try to avoid it".
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