Archive · 14 Aug 2026
MEA urges international community to note PoK atrocities
India and Pakistan are neighbors who disagree about a beautiful mountain region called Kashmir.
India says Kashmir is part of its own country.
Pakistan controls a part of Kashmir too, which India calls Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
People living there are angry about high prices for electricity and food.
Their protests started over prices, but now they are asking for fair government and better treatment.
They say police and army are being very harsh with them.
Some say more than 50 people have been killed and hundreds more were injured.
The foreign minister of Norway met with Pakistan's leaders and they talked about Kashmir.
India heard about that meeting and told the world, please pay attention to what is happening in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
India wants everyone to know that it believes the whole region belongs to India.
India's Ministry of External Affairs urged the international community to take note of atrocities in illegal Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India.
The remarks responded to a Thursday meeting in Islamabad where Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and Pakistan's Ishaq Dar issued a joint statement discussing regional issues, including Kashmir.
Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) member Sardar Umar Nazir Kashmiri said more than 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured during the Pakistani crackdown in PoK.
Protests that began over rising prices of electricity and essential commodities have grown into a movement demanding political reforms, accountability, and representative government.
- Who
- India's MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to a meeting between Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
- What
- India urged the international community to focus on atrocities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral parts of India.
- When
- Friday's bi-weekly MEA briefing in New Delhi, following the Thursday Norway-Pakistan meeting in Islamabad.
- Where
- New Delhi (MEA briefing), Islamabad (Norway-Pakistan meeting), and PoK, including Kotli, where police opened fire on a peaceful protest rally.
- Why
- Because the Norway-Pakistan joint statement discussed Kashmir, and India said the international community should instead be concerned about atrocities in PoK and cross-border terrorism.
India / MEA position
Norway-Pakistan framing
Status of Kashmir
India / MEA position
The whole of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India, and PoK is illegally occupied by Pakistan.
Norway-Pakistan framing
Kashmir was discussed as a regional issue in the joint statement issued after the Norway-Pakistan meeting in Islamabad.
Focus of international concern
India / MEA position
The international community should focus on atrocities in PoK and Pakistan's use of PoK for cross-border terrorism.
Norway-Pakistan framing
The joint statement limited itself to noting that regional issues, including Kashmir, were discussed between the two foreign ministers.
- MEA spokesperson
- Randhir Jaiswal
- Norway's foreign minister
- Espen Barth Eide
- Pakistan's foreign minister
- Ishaq Dar
- Reported deaths in PoK crackdown
- More than 50, per JAAC's Sardar Umar Nazir Kashmiri
- Reported injured
- Hundreds
- India's position
- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India
- Protest hotspot
- Kotli, PoK (reported police firing on a peaceful rally)
- Norway-Pakistan meeting date
- Thursday in Islamabad