India infuriated after Saudi Arabia issues bank note showing Kashmir as separate state

Saudi Arabia’s new banknote to mark the upcoming G20 summit has sparked an outage in India as it shows Kashmir with new borders as a separate state. The currency note in question was issued on October 24 by Saudi Arabia to celebrate the kingdom’s leadership of the Group of Twenty (G20) and the back side of the note is a world map.

On the front side, it contains a photo of King Salman bin Abdulaziz to the right with the Saudi G20 summit logo to the left. On the back side is a world map which appears to show Kashmir as a separate state.

The move has sparked outrage in India, which has illegally occupied Jammu & Kashmir, despite there being a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decree recognising it as an international dispute.

Although India is a part of the G20, there is speculation it may not attend the summit this year

India Today, citing “a source”, said: “Saudi Arabia will have to make changes to the banknote else it would be untenable for India to participate.”

Source: The News