NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Kaz­akh counterpart Atamkulov Beibut Bakirovich met on the margins of 74th session of United Nations General Assembly and agreed to closely cooperate at all multilateral fora.

Mr Qureshi briefed the Kazakh foreign minister on human rights violations in India-held Jammu & Kashmir following Delhi’s unilateral step of abrogating the special status of the Valley on Aug 5.

He mentioned that the Office of the High Commissioner for the Human Rights, independent human rights organisations and watchdogs, parliamentarians in several countries and international media, continued to express grave concern over Indian atrocities.

Earlier, Mr Qureshi met his Argentine counterpart Jorge Marcelo Faurie and briefed him on the latest situation in India-held Kashmir.

Mr Qureshi highlighted humanitarian situation in held Kashmir as members of Gulf Cooperation Council-Pakistan met late on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Oman and Kuwait along with Permanent Representatives of other GCC countries.

Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2019