The conditions in which the people of Indian-held Kashmir are living are unsustainable and must be improved, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters accompanying her on a trip to New Delhi. Merkel said she will be raising the matter with Narendra Modi, adding that while she is aware of India’s position regarding the region, she wants to hear Modi’s plans for restoring calm to the occupied valley. “The situation for the people there is currently not sustainable and must improve,” she addesd. In the occupied valley, people held demonstrations in different areas on Friday against the Indian occupation and division of Kashmir into two union territories. As Friday prayers culminated, people took to the streets in Srinagar, Badgam, Ganderbal, Islamabad, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Bandipora, Baramulla, Kupwara and other areas of the occupied territory and shouted high-pitched pro-freedom, pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans. Indian troops and police personnel fired teargas shells and pellets on protesters at several places, injuring many of them.
Kashmir situation ‘not sustainable, must improve’: Merkel
The conditions in which the people of Indian-held Kashmir are living are unsustainable and must be improved, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters accompanying her on a trip to New Delhi. Merkel said she will be raising the matter with Narendra Modi, adding that while she is aware of India’s position regarding the region, she […]
