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UN Security Council refrains from calling emergency session on Kashmir

epa07762272 Supporters of Islamic political party Jamat-e-Islami shout slogans during a protest after Pakistan downgraded the diplomatic relations with India as a retaliatory measure to New Delhi revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, in Karachi, Pakistan, 08 August 2019. Indian government on 05 May, struck down the special constitutional status granted to the disputed Kashmir region, a decision Pakistan said violated United Nations resolutions. According to the Pakistani government, India cannot change the disputed region's status owing to resolutions of the UN Security Council on Kashmir, over which India and Pakistan have fought two wars and had many minor military conflicts. EPA-EFE/SHAHZAIB AKBER

Members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday refrained from calling for an emergency session on the disputed Kashmir region.

Instead, they urged India and Pakistan to resolve the matter bilaterally.

The ongoing Kashmir crisis was just one of several topics that the 15-member UN council discussed on Friday in a “consultative” meeting

Via DW