Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on a long-term settlement of the Kashmir dispute ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018.

Both India and Pakistan are longstanding and important friends and allies of the UK with whom we discuss a variety of issues, including Kashmir. ​The UK's longstanding position is that it is for India and Pakistan to find a lasting political resolution to the situation in Kashmir, taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people. It is not for the UK to prescribe a solution or to act as a mediator. We encourage India and Pakistan to maintain positive dialogue and good relations, but the pace of progress must be for them to determine.