India had not informed of move to end special status to IoK: US

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The tweet was signed by Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Wells.

WASHINGTON (Dunya News) – Acting US Assistant Secretary Alice Wells on Wednesday said that India did not inform the US about its intention to scrap special status to occupied Kashmir.

"Contrary to press reporting, the Indian government did not consult or inform the US Government before moving to revoke occupied Kashmir s special constitutional status," the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department said in a tweet.

The tweet was signed by Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Wells.

It is pertinent here to mention that Alice Wells, along with a high-level US delegation had arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday, to hold delegation-level talks with the Pakistani leadership.