BJP cautions Pakistan, says 'no third party has right to interfere in Kashmir issue'

Reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement on seeking US intervention in resolving the Kashmir issue, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Sunday said no third party has the right to interfere, and appealed to US President Barack Obama to reject this proposal.

"India has already made it very clear that not just the Kashmir issue, but any issue between India and Pakistan would be solved only by the two countries, and no third party has the right to get involved. Nawaz Sharif's statement on US intervention is not accepted," he said.

"I want to tell the UPA government that not only BJP, but the whole nation is against US intervention. I appeal to Mr. Obama not to interfere in this matter, and he should reject Pakistan's proposal of US intervention," he added.

According to a foreign news agency, Nawaz Sharif, who is on a three-day official visit to Washington, said on Saturday that the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan could be resolved through US intervention.

He also said that both India and Pakistan were nuclear powers, and the region was a nuclear flash point, and added that the world powers should get involved to resolve this issue, even though India does not favour such intervention.