New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Australian High Commissioner to New Delhi Harinder Sidhu on Friday showed solidarity with India and said that the government's decision to revoke Article 370 is New Delhi’s internal matter and the Kashmir issue should be resolved bilaterally.
“The Indian government said this is its internal matter. We respect the Indian position on that. Australia's long-held view on Kashmir has been that it should be resolved bilaterally by India and Pakistan,” Sidhu told news agency ANI.
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She also expressed hope the region would become stable and peaceful and the economic development would eventuate.
“We do hope as situation proceeds in Kashmir that it will be stable, peaceful and, in fact, that economic development eventuates. We do hope that both countries act in restraint and consider the safety and security of the people in the process,” she added.
India on August 5 announced its decision to revoke Article 370 which gives special right to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state into two union territories.
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Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue and has approached the United Nations with the help of China. However, the China-Pakistan axis failed at the UNSC closed-door meeting when a majority of the council members, including Russia, refused to take up the Kashmir matter and rejected the Chinese position.
China and Pakistan stood isolated after the other members refused to endorse their position.