September 19, 2016 7:51 PM

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India raises with Venezuela Pak's Kashmir comments at NAM

India has raised with Venezuelan leadership the issue of "flagrant misuse" of NAM plenary by Pakistan to make "unwarranted and unacceptable" comments on Kashmir. <br/><br/>In a strongly-worded letter to the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Minister for State for External Affairs M J Akbar said that South Asia continues to face Pakistan's "dangerous use" of terrorism as an instrument of state policy. He also said that Pakistan has continued to provide safe havens to internationally designated terrorists and terror outfits.<br/><br/>Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, in his NAM address as the Pakistan delegation head, had said, "peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without the settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council".<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the Uri attack and expressed solidarity with Indian people.

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