TIL Desk/World/London/ China has withdrawn a request for a Security Council briefing on Kashmir but its envoy claimed that “discussions” on a letter from Pakistan”s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi about the situation there was continuing among the members.
Before a meeting of the Council on Tuesday afternoon, a non-permanent European member”s diplomat confirmed that China had withdrawn the request for the briefing. He said the matter of the withdrawal was between China”s Permanent Representative Zhang Jun and US Permanent Representative Kelly Craft, the Council”s president for the month.
Kelly probably had a role in steering Beijing away from the talk of consultations. Zhang”s mention of “discussions” refers to unstructured conversations outside even the informal consultations mechanism of the Council for which no records are made. The claim of “discussions” was possibly made as a face saving gesture after taking back the proposal for consultations on Kashmir, which found no takers.
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