the core issue of jammu and kashmir has to be resolved. is the responsibility of the international community. we cannot draw a vale on the issue of kashmir, until it is addressed in accordance with the wishes of the people of jammu and kashmir. pakistan is ready to work for resolution of this issue through negotiations. our support and advocacy of the right to self-determination of the people of jammu and kashmir is our historic commitment and a duty, as a party to the kashmir dispute. mr. president, afghanistan is going through momentous security, political and economic transitions. as always, pakistan stands in solidarity with the fraternal afghan people. i congratulate the people of afghanistan over the successful completion of the electoral process and offer our warm felicitations and good wishes to the new afghan leadership. it is our earnest hope that these landmark processes would culminate in the emergence of a stronger, more stable, and unified afghanistan. we also hope that the process of inclusive afghan-led and afghan-owned rec