Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Friday said that we (India) have always wanted to keep good relations with Pakistan.
Rshid Alvi told ANI, “Pakistan always gives these kinds of statement and worsen their relations with us (India)”.
“People from all over the world accept that Kashmir is a part of India,” he added.
The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) was allotted the New Delhi office 40 years ago.
The Modi-led Government asked the mission to vacate the government bungalow in the Pura Qila area of the city to “rationalise” the presence of the group which the government said has “outlived its relevance”.
“The UNMOGIP is reportedly in contact with the Indian authorities and will continue its cooperation on this matter,” Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Farhan Haq, was quoted, as saying.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin was quoted, as saying in New Delhi that it has been India’s “consistent and long-standing view that UNMOGIP has outlived its mandate.”
The Indian Government’s position on the group has been that UNMOGIP’s role has been overtaken by the 1972 Simla Agreement and the consequent establishment of the Line of Control.
Akbaruddin further said the government is in budgetary season and “everybody is tightening their belts.