Pak. says it has abided by U.N. resolutions

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 2. Pakistan today said it has consistently called for the implementation of relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions requiring an internationally-supervised plebiscite for ascertaining the wishes of the people of Kashmir.

``India, on the other hand, has consistently refused to honour the provisions of these resolutions as well as the Shimla agreement, which calls for the final settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir issue,'' a Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement.

The spokesman was commenting over remarks by the Indian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, in a live interview to CNN on May 31, 2000.

The spokesman said that on the implementation of U.N. resolutions concerning Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Singh had alleged that Pakistan had never abided by those resolutions in the last 50 years. ``He distorted the facts by asserting that the U.N. resolutions required Pakistan to withdraw all its troops from Jammu and Kashmir, for other `necessary actions' to follow,'' the spokesman said.

- PTI

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