ISLAMABAD, 29 May 2021, (TON): The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, Friday departed here on completion of his three-day official visit to Pakistan.

He met Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed Palestine, Jammu and Kashmir, Afghanistan, UN Security Council reform, Pakistan’s Presidency of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, climate action, financing for development, and the equal, fair, and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all.

The UNGA President was also received by Prime Minister Imran Khan and discussed the situations in Palestine, Jammu and Kashmir, and Afghanistan. President Alvi conferred Pakistan’s civil award ‘Hilal-e-Pakistan’ on Volkan Bozkir to recognize his outstanding service as a leader who has served the United Nations.

Meanwhile, on Volkan Bozkir  point of view on Kashmir at his Press conference with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, India was quite upset and said,  when incumbent President of the UN General Assembly makes misleading and prejudiced remarks, he does great disservice to the office he occupies.” India described as “unwarranted” and “regrettable” the remarks by UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir that Pakistan should raise the Kashmir issue more forcefully and that all parties should refrain from steps that affect the status of Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi claimed, Bozkir’s remarks during a press conference with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister that Pakistan is ‘duty bound’ to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN more strongly are unacceptable and there is no basis for comparing the situation in Jammu and Kashmir to other global situations.