China postpones UNSC discussion over the situation in disputed Kashmir because UN peacekeeping mission there was 'not ready to provide a brief' – diplomats
Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at the UN headquarters.
China's UN mission had on Monday requested the closed door briefing after Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wrote to the council to express concern about a possible further escalation of tensions. The council last met behind closed-doors in August on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a gathering that was also called by Pakistan ally China, after India removed the decades-old autonomy the area enjoyed under the Indian constitution.
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