Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (File Photo)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written another letter to the UN Secretary General claiming that India has deployed and tested several types of missiles and could launch an attack against his country to divert world’s attention from the “grave situation” in Kashmir.

In his seventh letter written on December 12, Qureshi “apprised the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary General on Indian actions that continue to escalate tensions in an already tense environment in South Asia”, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.

The actions, Qureshi claimed, included “deployment and testing of missiles of various ranges and capabilities” by India. He also warned that India could launch “false flag” attack on Pakistan to divert the world’s attention from the “grave situation” in Kashmir.

In a series of letters sent in the recent months, Qureshi has consistently updated the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the situation in Kashmir, the Foreign Office said. Qureshi also reiterated Pakistan’s proposal to strengthen the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan’s (UNMOGIP) presence in the region.

India maintains that the UNMOGIP, established in January 1949, has outlived its utility and is irrelevant after the Simla Agreement and the consequent establishment of the Line of Control.

The foreign minister also asked the UNSC to intervene and avert any threats to peace in South Asia and bring an immediate end to the suffering of the Kashmiri people. The earlier letters by Qureshi to the UNSC and UN Secretary General were on August 1,6,13 and 26, September 16 and October 31.

