🇮🇳🏔️ JAISHANKAR REITERATES INDIA’S LONG-STANDING POSITION ON PoK — 1994 PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION REMAINS A KEY REFERENCE
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar** has repeatedly reaffirmed New Delhi’s long-standing position that the territory administered by Pakistan and commonly referred to in India as **Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)** is an integral part of India. 🇮🇳
A key foundation cited for this position is the **unanimous resolution adopted by the Indian Parliament in 1994**. The resolution declared the entire former state of Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of India and called upon Pakistan to vacate the areas under its control.
This parliamentary resolution continues to be referenced in Indian political and diplomatic discussions concerning the Kashmir issue.
Speaking publicly in **2024**, Jaishankar also connected renewed Indian public attention toward PoK with the constitutional changes introduced in **August 2019**, when the special-status provisions associated with Article 370 were effectively removed and the former state of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised.
Jaishankar argued that the 2019 changes altered the way many Indians viewed the long-running territorial question and brought greater attention to PoK.
India’s official position has remained broadly consistent across successive governments: New Delhi maintains that the entire former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir legally acceded to India in 1947 and therefore regards the Pakistan-administered territory as belonging to India. 🇮🇳📜
Pakistan, however, rejects India’s position and disputes New Delhi’s claim over the territory it administers. The competing claims over Kashmir have remained among the most difficult and sensitive issues in **India-Pakistan relations** for decades. 🇮🇳🇵🇰
The matter therefore extends far beyond domestic political debate. It remains connected to **regional security, diplomacy, historical claims and the wider relationship between the two neighbouring countries**.
Jaishankar’s remarks underline that PoK continues to hold an important place in India’s political and foreign-policy discourse, decades after Parliament adopted its 1994 resolution.
⚖️ **India’s position is firmly stated, while Pakistan disputes that claim—making Kashmir a continuing territorial and diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
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