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Ray expressed regret that Pakistan had reverted to
"language of the past" and was "not addressing the crying need
of the hour, which is dismantling the infrastructure of
terrorism and tacking the perpetrators of terrorism".

Sial, in his speech Saturday, claimed that Kashmir was
not an integral part of India.

"The Security Council and the UN, in several resolutions,
have recognised it as disputed territory," he said, adding
that the final solution should be made in accordance with the
"will" of the people expressed through "free and fair
plebiscite" conducted by the United Nations.

Insisting that Jammu and Kashmir remained an
"international issue", Sial said Pakistan "reserves the right
to refer this issue at the UN as necessary".

The senior Pakistan diplomat also reaffirmed Islamabad's
pledge to work through peaceful means to resolve its
differences with New Delhi on the Kashmir issue, which is
imperative for durable peace, stability and progress in the
region.

The Special Committee on Decolonisation was created in
1962 by the UN General Assembly to support and monitor a
resolution passed in 1960 that declared that all people have
a right to self-determination. PTI BS
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