{"id":4795,"date":"2019-12-06T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2019-12-06T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:16:07","slug":"sweden-to-continue-as-observer-in-i-a-kashmir-role-of-unmog-too-constrained-to-analyse-the-situation-king-carl-gustaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/sweden-to-continue-as-observer-in-i-a-kashmir-role-of-unmog-too-constrained-to-analyse-the-situation-king-carl-gustaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden to Continue as Observer in I-a-Kashmir, Role of UNMOG too Constrained to Analyse the Situation; King Carl Gustaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Mumbai; 05 Dec 2019-Swedish King Carl Gustaf has said that his country has been acting as an observer in Indian Administered Kashmir for the past several years and will continue to do so.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The king made the remarks while talking to a group of journalists in the Indian city of Mumbai. The statement came in response to questions about Sweden acting as mediator to resolve the decades-long issue.<\/h3>\n

The comments by the king follow similar remarks made by Swedish foreign ministry on the eve of the king\u2019s visit to India, calling for the lifting of curfew and the restoration of communications.<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe can say we have people from Sweden, trying to be observers in these areas in Kashmir for many many years. In that sense, we are trying to be an observer if possible,\u201d King Gustaf said.<\/h3>\n

The king also noted that the mandate of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), of which Sweden was a part, was too constrained for an in-depth analysis of the situation.<\/h3>\n

Asked if any offer for mediation by Sweden to resolve the Kashmir dispute was discussed when he met the Indian leadership in Delhi, he declined to answer, citing a policy of not commenting on political issues.<\/h3>\n

It is to mention here that Sweden\u2019s Foreign Minister, Ann Linde, in her address in Riksdag or the Swedish Parliament last week said \u201cWe emphasise the importance of respect for human rights, that an escalation of the situation in Kashmir is avoided and that a long-term political solution to the situation must involve Kashmir\u2019s inhabitants.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cDialogue between India and Pakistan is crucial,\u201d she added.<\/h3>\n

The Swedish king and his wife are on a five-day visit to India. The royal couple met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Governor BS Koshyari.<\/h3>\n

He termed his visit as \u2018interesting\u2019 so far, and added that there is a lot of scope for India and Sweden to work together.<\/h3>\n

King Carl Gustaf met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and representatives of the industry in Delhi.<\/h3>\n

Climate change is a very important issue for his country, he said, adding that solutions can be \u2018difficult\u2019 politically, and it would be good if specific industries worked on improving their functioning to make themselves more sustainable.<\/h3>\n

Queen Silvia, his wife, spoke about the Royal couple\u2019s visit to the Versova seafront Wednesday morning where they took part in a beach clean-up initiative. \u201cIt was fascinating because we have only seen photographs of plastic and the sea. Now we could see what the sea does to plastic,\u201d she said.<\/h3>\n

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Mumbai; 05 Dec 2019-Swedish King Carl Gustaf has said that his country has been acting as an observer in Indian Administered Kashmir for the past several years and will continue to do so. The king made the remarks while talking to a group of journalists in the Indian city of Mumbai. The statement came in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4797,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions\/4797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}