384 United Nations, May 5 President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has encouraged India and Pakistan to resolve the issue of Kashmir “through peaceful means” and said he supported dialogue and diplomacy, recalling the 1972 Simla Agreement between the two countries. Bozkir, in response to a question on Kashmir during a press conference here on Tuesday, said the position of the United Nations on Jammu and Kashmir was governed by the UN Charter and applicable Security Council resolutions. “I also recall India and Pakistan’s Simla Agreement of 1972, which states that the final status of Jammu and Kashmir is to be settled by peaceful means in accordance with the UN Charter,” said the Turkish diplomat and politician, who is serving as the president of the United Nations General Assembly since 2020.