NEW DELHI: The Modi regime in India on Saturday took exception to the visit by British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott’s visit to Azad Kashmir.
A spokesman in New Delhi claimed that the visit of the high commissioner to Pakistan was an infringement on India’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
India says Pakistan has illegally occupied Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan which under the accession agreement with the Dogra rulers of Kashmir belongs to India along with the Kashmir currently in Indian occupation.
Indian Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott visited AJK along with an official from the UK Foreign Office on Jan 10.
It said that Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra lodged a “strong protest” with the British High Commissioner to India about the visit, the ministry said, terming the visit “unacceptable”.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office in the UK confirmed that Marriott visited Murpur in Azad Kashmir and met British diaspora there. She also played football with children besides visiting a bakery in the area.
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