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New Delhi, Nov 01: India on Sunday rejected Pakistan’s move of granting provisional-provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said “Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, including Gilgit-Baltistan, are an integral part of India by virtue of the legal, complete and irrevocable accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947.”
“Government of India firmly rejects attempt by Pakistan to bring material changes to a part of Indian territory, under its illegal and forcible occupation. I reiterate Union Territories of…