India slams Pakistan Army Chief's 'jugular vein' remarks, hits back saying ' Kashmir is integral part of India'
PTC News Desk: India has rejected Pakistan Army Chief's remarks claiming Kashmir was Islamabad's 'jugular vein'. The Ministry of External Affairs issued a strong-worded statement and said that the only relationship that Pakistan has with Kashmir is 'to vacate the illegally occupied territory.'
"How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein? This is a Union Territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Addressing a gathering of Pakistanis based abroad, Pakistan's army chief General Asim Munir said they were the country's ambassadors and must not forget that they belong to a "superior ideology and culture".
“Our stance is absolutely clear, it was our jugular vein, it will be our jugular vein. We will not forget it. We will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their heroic struggle,” Munir said, drawing sharp criticism from Delhi.
"You should definitely tell Pakistan's story to your children. Our forefathers thought that we are different from the Hindus in every aspect of life. Our religions, our customs, traditions, thoughts and ambitions are different. That was the foundation of the two-nation theory that was laid," General Munir said.
- PTC NEWS
