US India ambassador’s Kashmir remarks rile Pakistan
U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor talks to media as he arrives to meet Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at Abdullah's home in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo)
Pakistan summoned Washington’s top envoy in Islamabad and “strongly condemned” remarks by the U.S. ambassador to New Delhi calling disputed Kashmir “an important part of India.”
“[A] strong demarche was lodged over the factually incorrect remarks of U.S. Ambassador to India, regarding the status of Jammu and Kashmir,” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Aug. 19.
“It was underscored that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory.”
