Ilhan Omar made history as the very first elected US official to engage with members of Pakistan's new coalition government. She also visited the disputed Pakistan cccupied Kashmir which prompted an angry response from India.
India's Ministry of External Affairs slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar's visit to Pakistan this week, labeling it "condemnable."
“We have noted that she has visited a part of Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir that is currently illegally occupied by Pakistan,” ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said of the Minnesota Democrat during a Wednesday press conference. “Let me just say that if such a politician wishes to practice her narrow-minded politics at home … that may be her business.”
“But violating our territorial integrity and sovereignty in its pursuit makes it ours,” he continued. “And we think this visit is condemnable.”
India and Pakistan have fought three wars and several minor armed confrontations over Kashmir since earning independence from...