India on Saturday took strong objection to the recent visit of British High Commissioner in Pakistan to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), terming it as highly objectionable and unacceptable.
The Government of India lodged a strong protest with the British government over the development.
British High Commissioner in Pakistan Jane Marriott visited Mirpur in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) on January 10 and met its so-called President Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry.
India has taken a serious note of the highly objectionable visit of the British High Commissioner in Islamabad, along with a UK Foreign Office official, to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on January 10, External Affairs Ministry said in a statement here.
Such infringement of Indias sovereignty and territorial integrity is unacceptable, it said.
The Statement said Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra has lodged a strong protest with the British High Commissioner in India on this infringement.
(With UNI inputs)
