Pakistan Downgrades Diplomatic Ties with India

In addition to downgrading diplomatic relations, Pakistani authorities have suspended bilateral trade with India after New Delhi scrapped Kashmir of special status. Pakistani authorities downgrade diplomatic relations with India after it scrapped Jammu and Kashmir special status, the Pakistani National Security Council informed on Wednesday, August 7. In particular, according to Pakistani news channel Ary News, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan said that the Indian ambassador will be expelled from the country. In addition, Pakistan will suspend bilateral trade with India and revise some bilateral trade agreements. On August 5, New Delhi abolished the special status of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, enshrine in the constitution of India. At the end of July, the central authorities sent 10 thousand troops into the state where the political situation remains unstable. The state government called on tourists and Hindu pilgrims to leave it as soon as possible due to security concerns. Islamabad threatens to appeal to the UN Security Council Official Islamabad called the actions of the Indian authorities "illegal and one-sided." Pakistani authorities announced said they would take the matter to the United Nations in connection with the actions of the Indian side. Kashmir conflict prerequisites Kashmiri territory has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, when London, granting independence to British India, divided it into two states on religious grounds. Both countries administer separate areas of Kashmir. As there are also strong separatist sentiments in the Indian region of Kashmir, India traditionally has a large number of paramilitary and police forces in the region. New Delhi constantly accuses Islamabad of supporting the separatists, Pakistan rejects these allegations. DW