Members of the European Parliament Disappointed With the Comments of Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan
Parliament are extremely disappointed to note that the
reported the newly elected Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan as saying that
his government would constitute a legal committee within a month to determine
whether the region could be given the status of
They would like to emphasise that Gilgit Baltistan has, for the first
time, been finally given a modicum of democracy after 1947. It is essential
that democratic institutions and the democratic ethos be allowed to take root
before seeking to hurriedly fashion the future status of the region. It
should not be forgotten that Gilgit Baltistan is part of the erstwhile
princely state of Jammu and
territory. Therefore unless the dispute is resolved and the people of Gilgit
and Baltistan freely decide how they wish to shape their future, it would be
highly irresponsible for any government of Gilgit Baltistan to seek to make
the region a province of
territorial definition of
and making it a fifth province of
annexation which the international community cannot countenance.
SOURCE Friends of Gilgit Baltistan, European Parliament