India denounces Pak at UN, warns of consequences for cross-border terrorism | Foreign Affairs Defense Security News

She alleged that Pakistan, as the world knows, has long been using cross-border terrorism as a weapon against its neighbors.

It has attacked our Parliament, our financial capital Mumbai, market places and pilgrimage routes, she said, referring to the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 and the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks carried out by Pakistan-based terror groups.

The list is long. For such a country to talk about violence anywhere is hypocrisy at its worst, Mangalanandan said.

In his speech, Sharif, as expected, raised the Kashmir issue and said that to secure a lasting peace, India must roll back the abrogation of Article 370 and engage in dialogue for peaceful resolution of the issue.

He said India has rejected Pakistan’s proposals for a mutual Strategic Restraint regime.

In response to this reference to some proposal for strategic restraint, India asserted that ‘no deal can be made with terrorism. In fact, Pakistan should realize that cross-border terrorism against India will inevitably have consequences.

Reminding the international community that this was a country that long harbored Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Mangalanandan said Pakistan’s fingerprints are on so many terrorist incidents around the world, whose policies are raising the fears of many societies to make it their home.

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the Prime Minister would speak like this in this hallowed hall. Yet we must make it clear how unacceptable his words are to all of us. We know that Pakistan will try to fight the truth with more lies. Repetition won’t change anything. Our position is clear and needs no repetition, she said.

India emphasized that it is even more exceptional for a country with a history of rigged elections to talk about political choices, even in a democracy.

The real truth is that Pakistan covets our territory and has in fact continuously used terrorism to disrupt elections in Jammu and Kashmir, an inalienable and integral part of India, the young Indian diplomat said.

She said it is ridiculous that a country that committed genocide in 1971 and which even now ruthlessly persecutes its minorities, dares to talk about bigotry and phobias. The world can see with its own eyes what Pakistan really is.

A Pakistani diplomat then responded to Mangalanandan with a right of reply.

Describing India’s claims as “baseless and misleading”, the Pakistani diplomat said the United Nations Security Council, through numerous resolutions, has unequivocally called for a free, impartial plebiscite to empower the people of Jammu and Kashmir to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination. .

Every year, Pakistani leaders predictably refer to Jammu and Kashmir in their UNGA speeches, and India calls on its young diplomats to deliver tough responses to Islamabad’s rants.

First publication: September 28, 2024 | 9:59 am IST