China, Pak rake up J&K issue after Xi-Imran meet

China and Pakistan raked up Jammu and Kashmir again as they brought up the issue in a joint statement, following President Xi Jinping’s meeting Pak PM Imran Khan in Beijing, with China saying it opposed any “unilateral actions” that complicates the situation.
While there was no official response by India, sources said China and Pakistan should remember that the Union Territory is an integral and inalienable part of India. According to the statement, the Pakistan side briefed the Chinese on the latest developments on the situation in J&K, including its concerns, position and pressing issues. China “reiterated” that the Kashmir issue was a dispute left from history and should be peacefully resolved based on the “UN Charter, relevant Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements”.
This is not the first time though that China and Pakistan have referred to the situation in J&K in their bilateral documents. India has in the past dismissed such references as interference in its internal affairs.
Russia rejects report
Menwhile, Russia has rejected a report by ‘redfish channel’, categorised on Twitter as Russia state-affiliated media, describing Kashmir as another Palestine in the making. The Russian embassy said in a statement that Moscow continued to follow a policy of non-interference in bilateral issues.
The redfish channel describes itself as a multi award winning digital content creator which specialises in producing short and in-depth documentaries in collaboration with people "involved in grassroots struggles worldwide to build an alternative to the ruling capitalist system". Many have alleged that it is backed by Kremlin. In a documentary on Jammu and Kashmir, it has said the Union Territory is fast becoming a "settler-colonial state”. The video is titled “Kashmir: Palestine in the Making’.