TIL Desk/World/Islamabad-Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today raked up the Kashmir issue in his first meeting with the new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres but got no positive response to his request for the world body’s intervention in the issue. Sharif, who met Guterres on the sidelines of World Economic Forum at Davos, said Kashmir needed attention of the UN, the Prime Minister’s Office said here in a statement.
“A sustained dialogue process on all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir is essential to make progress. It was in this spirit that we invited India for discussions on the resolution of the Kashmir dispute, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and aspirations of the Kashmiri people,” Sharif said to the UN chief.
Guterres gave no positive response to Sharif’s demand. He told Sharif that he was “fully cognizant of the sensitivity of the issues between India and Pakistan which has security consequences for the region,” the statement said.
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