UK calls for calm as British MPs divided over Article 370 revocation

TIL Desk/World/London/ The UK government on Tuesday said that it was monitoring the situation in Kashmir closely and called for calm as the country’s parliamentarians echoed some of the wider divisions over India’s decision to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian government on Monday revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and proposed that the state be bifurcated into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

“We are following developments closely and support calls for the situation to remain calm,” said a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokesperson, in reference to the issue which has led British MPs to express both “grave concern” and “strong support”.

The chair of Britain’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir has written to UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab to flag the human rights concerns and ask if the UK will be raising the issue at the next UN Security Council in September.