Overview
- Islamabad says it contacted US authorities soon after the image appeared and before it was taken down.
- The USTR social post depicted the entire Jammu and Kashmir region, including Pakistan‑occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin, within India’s borders.
- Pakistan called the depiction illegal and cited UN materials that present Jammu and Kashmir as disputed and subject to a plebiscite under Security Council resolutions.
- The image was published alongside communications on an India–US trade framework, diverging from prior US maps that marked contested areas with annotations.
- Neither the United States nor India has issued a detailed statement, and US officials have not said whether removal followed diplomatic feedback or an internal review.