Days after German Minister Annalena Baerbock sparked controversy by calling for United Nations involvement in the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Philipp Ackermann, Germany’s envoy to India, said the bilateral way is the way forward and the world body is has a very limited role to play in this case. Ackermann stressed that there is no change in Germany’s position on the Kashmir issue. He said: ‘The German position on Kashmir has not changed. Min underlined that a bilateral path is the way forward. When she referred to the UN, one can say that there is UNMOGIP in Kashmir and that is where we see the UN in the conflict in Kashmir.” He added: ‘I hope not. I don’t think the Foreign Secretary intended to stir up any problems in Indian relations. We consider India a great partner, a great friend of Germany. That hasn’t changed.”
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