The army chief’s remarks are certain to rile up Pakistan, which also claims the whole of Jammu and Kashmir. Islamabad has been particularly angered by India’s move integrating Kashmir with the rest of the country by through an amendment of its constitution. India’s parliament in August revoked the special status accorded to Kashmir by scrapping a temporary provision in its constitution. New Delhi also divided the state into two Union territories directly administered by the central government, this integrating it with the rest of the country. The move, in effect, takes the part of Kashmir under Indian administration off the table of talks with Pakistan and focuses attention on the Pakistan controlled part, something that has infuriated Islamabad.