Embassy: Azerbaijan backs peaceful resolution to Jammu and Kashmir issue

The Jammu and Kashmir dispute is a long-standing territorial conflict between India and Pakistan, with roots extending back to the partition of British India in 1947. It is a dispute over the region that has escalated into three wars between India and Pakistan and several other armed clashes. India controls about 55% of the region, comprising Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, most of Ladakh, the Siachen Glacier[3][4] and 70% of the population; Pakistan controls about 30% of the territory comprising Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan; and China controls the remaining 15% of the territory comprising the Aksai Chin region, the largely uninhabited Transkarakoram and part of the Demchok sector.