The Pakistani ambassador called on the UN Security Council to ensure the right of the Kashmiri people to self-determination

The United Nations Security Council (UN) needs to ensure the observance of the right to self-determination for the people of Kashmir in order to resolve the first cause of the conflict in the disputed territory. This was stated on Monday, May 5, in an interview with Pakistan's Ambassador to Moscow, Muhammad Khalid Jamali.

"I believe that the root cause of this problem in Jammu and Kashmir is the right to self—determination for the Kashmiri people, which was promised to them by the international community through various UN Security Council resolutions," he said in an interview with TASS, adding that such a solution would lead to the achievement of lasting peace.

Jamali noted that Pakistan is open to conducting an investigation.

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