New Delhi: The Strasbourg-based European Parliament is expected to debate on the Kashmir issue and human rights situation in the Valley, due to a communication blockade, on 17 September. This will be the second time since 2008 that the European Parliament General Assembly is likely to discuss Kashmir.
Pakistan, meanwhile, is planning to move a resolution on Kashmir at the ongoing (9-27 September) 42nd meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The deadline for Pakistan to move the resolution is 19 September.
The European Parliament, which is an important forum for political debate and decision-making of the European Union (EU), has decided to debate the recent steps taken by the Narendra Modi government of abrogating Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and the ongoing communication blockade in the Valley.
The current presidency of the European Parliament is held by Finland and it will decide on who makes the final remarks on the Kashmir debate, following which the issue will be opened for discussion, sources said.
In July 2008, the European Parliament had passed a resolution, calling on India to conduct an “independent and impartial investigation” into the unidentified mass graves discovered in Jammu and Kashmir since 2006.
Courtesy The Print
