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The Indian government views Pakistan’s efforts to raise the Kashmir issue at a virtual Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit on the Covid-19 pandemic as a “propaganda exercise,” people familiar with the events said Tuesday. .
Pakistani President Arif Alvi, who represented the country at the NAM Summit via video conference on Monday, took the opportunity to criticize India for its handling of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and for the alleged mistreatment of the minority Muslim.
In response to Alvi’s speech at the NAM Summit, one of the people named above said on condition of anonymity: “Raising Kashmir at NAM is a well-established Pakistani propaganda exercise. The international community is well aware of this and acknowledges that this it is a propaganda exercise that they carry out. “
The person added: “The international community is also aware of our position on this issue and I don’t think we really need to dignify this with any response.”
In his speech, Alvi did not mention India, but instead referred to attempts to discriminate and demonize Muslims in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he also referred to Islamophobia, hate speech, the “scapegoat” of a community and the denial of medical facilities to this community in Pakistan’s “immediate neighborhood”.
Alvi, a close collaborator of Prime Minister Imran Khan, also highlighted the condition of the Kashmiri people and said that their sufferings were compounded by a communications blackout and the lack of unrestricted access to medical facilities and other essential facilities and high-speed Internet. speed. He also criticized what he said were efforts to change the demographic profile of the region.
In his speech, Modi, without naming any country, said: “Even when the world fights against Covid-19, some people are busy spreading other deadly viruses like terrorism, fake news and videos manipulated to divide communities and countries.”
