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A meeting of Speakers unanimously decided that India will boycott a <keyword id="2990273" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="commonwealth-parliamentary-union">Commonwealth Parliamentary Union</keyword> meeting in <keyword id="3002" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Islamabad">Islamabad</keyword> next month in protest against Pakistan not inviting the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, a decision that comes in the midst of tensions over two terror attacks in Punjab and J&amp;K. <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> Speaker <keyword id="6354934" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sumitra-Mahajan">Sumitra Mahajan</keyword> said this was against a rule in the CPU in which all the Speakers, who are members of the <keyword id="112537" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Commonwealth-Parliamentary-Association">Commonwealth Parliamentary Association</keyword> (CPA), have to be extended an invitation to the CPU meeting. "It is wrong (on the part of Pakistan). They cited an old rule of 1951-57 regarding their having raised an issue in the <keyword id="55859" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="UN-Security-Council">UN Security Council</keyword> for not inviting J and K Speaker," she said adding it had lost relevance. Welcoming the decision J&amp;K Speaker <keyword id="684192" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ravindra-Gupta">Ravindra Gupta</keyword>, who attended the meeting, thanked the Speakers for the decision saying it was a question of unity and integrity of the country. He called Pakistan a terrorist state. "The meeting resolved to call upon Dr Shirin Chaudhury, Speaker of <keyword id="141158" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bangladesh-Parliament">Bangladesh Parliament</keyword> and Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee to use her good offices to immediately resolve the matter and ensure issue of invitation to the Jammu and Kashmir 'CPA Branch' failing which 'CPA India Region' including the Union and State Branches' (will) boycott the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan from September 30 to October 8...," the resolution said. 

	India's Parliament and Assemblies are treated as 'India region' and all the Assemblies are the members of the CPA. 

	The resolution underlined that Jammu and Kashmir "fulfills all conditions" of CPA membership. 
 

	"The meeting further resolved that Chairperson and members of the Executive Committee of CPA view this matter in all seriousness and insist that Pakistan CPA Branch forfeit its right to host the 61st CP conference for not inviting Jammu and Kashmir CPA Branch to the conference in violation of Article 8 of the CPA Constitution and that the venue of the conference be shifted to another country,” it said.

	Article 8 of the CPA Constitution says that each 'Branch' (meaning Parliament and State Assemblies) "shall be entitled to send prescribed number of delegates and officials to each plenary conference and accordingly Jammu and Kashmir Branch is entitled to send one delegate to the Conference." 
 

	The meeting authorised Lok Sabha Speaker, who is the chairperson of CPA India Region, to take "such further action as may be deemed necessary in the matter". 
 

	Gupta said Pakistan deliberately wanted to keep his state away from the conference to "humiliate" India. 
 

	He said Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and thanked the Lok Sabha Speaker and Speakers of other Assemblies on taking the stand. 
 

	Gupta added that "Pakistan is a terrorist state and many countries do not want to go there" to attend the Conference. PTI AKK "The meeting resolved to call upon Dr Shirin Chaudhury, Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament and Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee to use her good offices to immediately resolve the matter and ensure issue of invitation to the Jammu and Kashmir 'CPA Branch' failing which 'CPA India Region' including the Union and State Branches' (will) boycott the 61st Commonwealth P .. 
 

	India's Parliament and Assemblies are treated as 'India region' and all the Assemblies are the members of the CPA. 
 

	The resolution underlined that Jammu and Kashmir "fulfils all conditions" of CPA membership. 
 

	"The meeting further resolved that Chairperson and members of the Executive Committee of CPA view this matter in all seriousness and insist that Pakistan CPA Branch forfeit its right to host the 61st CP conference for not inviting Jammu and Kashmir CPA Branch to the conference in violation of Article 8 of the CPA Constitution and that the venue of the conference be shifted to another country," it said. 
 

	Article 8 of the CPA Constitution says that each 'Branch' (meaning Parliament and State Assemblies) "shall be entitled to send prescribed number of delegates and officials to each plenary conference and accordingly Jammu and Kashmir Branch is entitled to send one delegate to the Conference." 
 

	The meeting authorised Lok Sabha Speaker, who is the chairperson of CPA India Region, to take "such further action as may be deemed necessary in the matter". 
 

	The Speaker said India took up the issue with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Secretariat after Jammu and Kashmir was not invited while all other states of India received the invitations. 
 The CPA Secretariat talked to <keyword id="2990321" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Pakistan-Assembly">Pakistan Assembly</keyword> Speaker who expressed "constraint" in inviting Jammu and Kashmir. Invitations for the conference are sent by the host country. 

	Gupta said Pakistan deliberately wanted to keep his state away from the conference to "humiliate" India. 
 

	He said Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and thanked the Lok Sabha Speaker and Speakers of other Assemblies on taking the stand. 
 

	Gupta added that "Pakistan is a terrorist state and many countries do not want to go there" to attend the Conference. 

	 
	 
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India to boycott Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Islamabad next month: Lok Sabha Speaker

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.paimages.co.uk/image-details/2.28295636">Andrew Parsons / PA Wire/Press Association Images</a>Prime Minister Theresa May.</div></div></div>BEIJING (Reuters) and LONDON (BI) - Theresa May has written to China's leaders calling for closer links between Britain and China, weeks after causing confusion and anger by delaying a decision on a Chinese-funded nuclear power project in Britain.The Prime Minister has written a letter to China's President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang expressing a wish to enhance trade and cooperation on global issues between the UK and China, China's foreign ministry said, citing Britain's Minister for Asia and the Pacific.Alok Sharma, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, made the remarks during his meeting with China's foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing.Sharma was quoted in a foreign ministry statement late on Monday saying that Britain called China an important global strategic partner and Britain is paying high attention to cooperation between the two countries.The olive branch from May follows her <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/181077e2-54dc-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60">decision to delay the already long-overdue Hinkley Point nuclear project</a>, which is being built by France's EDF Energy and <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/hinkley-point-government-2-billion-guarantee-nuclear-plant-2015-9">part-financed by a Chinese consortium.</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/acb715b2-55a0-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60">The Financial Times quoted</a> a senior official in the Chinese nuclear industry at the time as saying: "We are really questioning what's going on. We were all set to go over when it was suddenly pushed back. It seems the UK government has a lot of doubts; we aren't sure where all this is coming from."A spokesperson for May said shortly after the decision: <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/uk-to-seek-strong-ties-with-china-despite-nuclear-deal-delay-2016-8">"We are going to continue to seek a strong relationship with China."</a>(Reporting By Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Michael Perry)

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