The central authorities on Saturday expressed its objection to a current go to by the British envoy to Islamabad to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK). The UK Excessive Commissioner to Pakistan, Jane Marriott, had visited Mirpur on January 10.
A press release issued by the Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned Marriott’s go to was “highly objectionable” and an act which amounted to “infringement of India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
Overseas Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra has lodged a powerful protest with the British Excessive Commissioner in India on this infringement, added the assertion by the ministry.
“The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are, have been and shall always remain an integral part of India,” mentioned the Exterior Affairs Ministry.