DHAKA: India’s separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday met Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit in Delhi.

Angered by the meeting, people protested outside the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi with some protesters being detained, according to reports, says The Times of India.

Clashes were also reported between the police and protesters outside the high commission.

The protesters want the Pakistan high commissioner to be sent back.

Earlier on Tuesday, Syed Ali Shah Geelani said that Kashmir is an international issue and not an internal issue of India.

‘First of all when they say Kashmir is an internal issue, it is against the reality. The issue of Jammu and Kashmir is an international issue and it should be solved,’ Geelani, who is in Delhi to meet Pakistan’s high commissioner, told reporters at the airport.

‘It is unfortunate that the Indian government has cancelled the (foreign secretary-level) talks,’ he said.

‘As long as promises made to us are not fulfilled, this issue will remain unsolved,’ said Geelani.

He said India is not trying to resolve the issue and suppressing it.

‘India does not want to resolve the issue... It is using force to suppress it,’ he said.

BDST: 1920 HRS, AUG 19, 2014