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India and Pakistan clash over UN map resolution and Kashmir status

Hindustan Times59m
THE BRIEF
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Pakistan rejected India's stance on Jammu and Kashmir after New Delhi clarified its support for a September 4 UN resolution aimed at rebalancing global cartographic representations.

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MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that India's vote for the resolution, which passed with 164 votes, promotes equal-area projections and does not endorse specific national boundary depictions.

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Pakistani foreign ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan claimed on Monday that India's assertions regarding the status of the territory are baseless and contrary to UN Security Council resolutions.