UK MPs for resolving Kashmir issue

LONDON: A number of British Parliamentarians taking part in the House of Commons debate on Pakistan and Afghanistan highlighted the importance of easing tension between Pakistan and India by resolving the Kashmir dispute. British MPs from all major political parties including Sir Gerald Kaufman, Mohammad Sarwar, Denis Mac Shane, Adam Holloway and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Quentin Davies called for reducing the current tension between two nuclear-armed neighbours with a view to resolving the Kashmir dispute and stabilizing Afghanistan. Among others Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague attended the debate. Veteran parliamentarian and former Labour Foreign Secretary Sir Gerald said: “We must do all we can to make it a top priority to solve the world’s oldest unresolved dispute of Jammu and Kashmir”, adding that Britain needs to do “much more” to put it high on the international agenda.