Kashmir

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 30 October 2001.

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Photo of Gordon Prentice Gordon Prentice Labour, Pendle 2:30, 30 October 2001

Our eyes are fixed on Afghanistan, but the real powder keg is next door, in Kashmir. Only today, the Pakistan Government accused the Indians of state-sponsored terrorism, after 22 Kashmiris were killed and 26 properties were torched. I despair. Where will it all end? This has been happening for more than 50 years.

General Musharraf has accepted an invitation to speak to the United Nations General Assembly on 10 November. Is there not a case for trying yet again to involve the UN in brokering a settlement? The issue has been festering for a long time, but a settlement seems as far away as ever.