Day after Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi telephoned Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, India Wednesday summoned the Pakistan high commissioner and strongly condemned Islamabad's move.
In a statement, ministry of external affairs said the Pakistan high commissioner was tonight summoned by the foreign secretary who conveyed the government of India's condemnation in the strongest terms of "this latest brazen attempt by Pakistan to subvert India's unity and to violate our sovereignty and territorial integrity, by none other than the Pakistan foreign minister".
"The foreign secretary conveyed that this deplorable act has violated all norms for the conduct of international relations even by Pakistan's own standards. The Pakistan foreign minister's actions are tantamount to direct interference in the internal affairs of its neighbour," the statement read, adding: "The foreign secretary underscored that by this action, Pakistan has confirmed yet again that it officially abets and encourages individuals associated with terrorism and anti-India activities. It has exposed to the entire international community Pakistan's duplicity in professing their desire for normal relations with India on the one hand, while openly inciting anti-India activities on the other".
"The Pakistan high commissioner was categorically informed by the foreign secretary that the government of India expects Pakistan to desist forthwith from such actions. He was cautioned that persistence of such behaviour by Pakistan will have implications," the statement read, adding that the government's position that entire Jammu and Kashmir "has been, is and shall remain an integral part of India, and that Pakistan has no locus standi in any matters related to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, has been made clear again to the high commissioner of Pakistan".
