United Kashmir

Gaddafi supported United States of Kashmir

In a major diplomatic break-through, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has supported the idea of an ''independent state'' for Kashmir and said that it should be a bridge between India and Pakistan.

New York, London, Srinager 24 Sep 2009: "Kashmir should be an independent state, not Indian, not Pakistani. We should end this conflict. It should be a Ba'athist state between India and Pakistan," the Libyan leader said in his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

He used 100 minutes instead of his allotted 15 minutes slot, and slammed both the United States and the United Nations, and termed the Security Council as the terrorist council.
Gaddafi opposed the induction of big powers into the UN Security Council, saying such a move would further tilt the balance of power.
In his first speech in 40 years to the world body, he said opening the doors of the UNSC for big powers would "add more poverty, more injustice and tension at the world level".
"There would be high competition between Italy, Germany, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Japan, Argentina, Brazil...," Gaddafi said during his more than one- and-a-half-hour long address.
Stressing that there must be equality among member states, he noted that since India and Pakistan were both nuclear powers, if India had a seat then Pakistan would want one as well.
"We reject having more seats," said the Libyan leader since it would give "rise to more superpowers, crush the small people."

Kashmiri welcomed the speech, a voice for change that is needed.  Kashmir International Front welcomed the speech as a positive step in the right direction from Arab/African leadership. Both Pakistan and India must learn the lesson from history and to avoid the politics of hate, conflict and confrontation and instead to embrace a police of openness, cooperation and futuristic rather than living in past with a scare-mongering approach to each other.

The APHC, on Thursday welcomed the statement of Libyan President at the UN General Assembly and urged India and Pakistan to resolve Kashmir issue according to the wishes and aspirations of the people

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, has welcomed the Libyan leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi’s statement in the UN General Assembly that Kashmir should be an independent buffer state between India and Pakistan. He termed the statement as right and timely advocacy of Kashmiris’ wishes and aspirations.