India took over the presidency of the G20, an financial cooperation bloc comprised of 19 international locations and the European Union, in December.

Islamabad, Pakistan – India’s determination to host a gathering of Group of 20 (G20) international locations in Srinagar, a part of Indian-administered Kashmir, has been slammed by Pakistan, which known as it an “irresponsible move”.

In a international ministry assertion launched on Tuesday, Pakistan expressed its “strong indignation” after the Indian authorities introduced Srinagar because the venue for the G20 Tourism Working Group assembly scheduled to happen from May 22 to 24.

“India’s irresponsible move is the latest in a series of self-serving measures to perpetuate its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir in sheer disregard of the United Nations Security Council resolutions and in violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law. Pakistan vehemently condemns these moves,” the assertion learn.

“Such events cannot hide the reality of Jammu and Kashmir being an internationally recognized dispute that has remained on the agenda of United Nations Security Council for over seven decades,” the Pakistani assertion added. “For a country that has a grandiose vision about itself, and its place in the world, India has once more demonstrated that it is unable to act as a responsible member of the international community.”

India took over the presidency of the G20, an financial cooperation bloc comprised of 19 international locations and the European Union, in December of final 12 months. It is scheduled to host a frontrunner’s summit in New Delhi this September.

The Himalayan territory of Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan since they gained independence from British rule in 1947. The two nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars, two of which have been over Kashmir, which each international locations management elements of and which each declare in its entirety.

The Kashmir problem additional flared up 4 years in the past when India’s Hindu nationalist authorities, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, revoked Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which granted Indian-administered Kashmir partial autonomy.

Pakistan’s former envoy to India, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, termed India’s determination to carry the occasion in Srinagar “highly inappropriate”.

“It is unbecoming of India to host an event in Srinagar which is in a disputed territory. It is very inappropriate, but the way things are, this issue is not taken up as seriously due to Indian importance,” Qazi advised Al Jazeera.

He mentioned it’s “unfortunate” that the Western international locations which declare to be champions of human rights select to disregard India’s determination.

“They are ignoring the fact that India is playing host in Srinagar – and also did not invite China, which is a key member of G20, but it is also a major violator of human rights – as well as United Nations resolutions about this region.”