Pakistan, Aug. 17 -- A day after the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) meeting, Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the initiative by the world body regarding the situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Taking to Twitter, the premier noted that it was for the first time in over five decades that the "world's highest diplomatic forum" had taken up the issue of occupied Kashmir and the serious situation prevailing there.

"There are 11 UNSC resolutions reiterating the Kashmiris right to self-determination. And the UNSC meeting was a reaffirmation of these resolutions," the prime minister wrote.

The prime minister also added that the world body recognised the suffering of the Kashmiri people at the hands of Indian occupying forces.

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