Pakistan's foreign minister is at a multilateral forum where both India and Pakistan are members (SCO). India raises the Kashmir issue in its speech. Pakistan must respond within SCO procedural norms. Which approach best reflects Pakistan's diplomatic strategy in multilateral forums where India participates?
Q1. Pakistan's foreign minister is at a multilateral forum where both India and Pakistan are members (SCO). India raises the Kashmir issue in its speech. Pakistan must respond within SCO procedural norms. Which approach best reflects Pakistan's diplomatic strategy in multilateral forums where India participates?
Answer: Use the SCO platform to raise counter-arguments on Occupied Kashmir while emphasizing SCO's principle of non-interference
Explanation: Within SCO procedural norms that emphasize consensus, non-interference, and the Shanghai Spirit of mutual respect, Pakistan's diplomatic strategy is to counter Indian statements on Kashmir by raising the issue of Indian Occupied Kashmir and reminding the forum of SCO's own principle of non-interference in internal affairs of member.