In a scathing attack on Pakistan, India has said that if there is an “unfinished agenda” at the UN, it is to tackle the scourge of terrorism and the country, the globally recognized epicenter of the threat, which houses and trains terrorists. and acclaims them as martyrs.
Exercising India’s right to respond on Monday, the First Secretary of the country’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Vidisha Maitra, said: “Pakistan is a country recognized worldwide as the epicenter of terrorism, which by its own admission hosts and trains terrorists, and acclaims them as martyrs and constantly persecutes their ethnic and religious minorities.
He was referring to statements by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the country’s Parliament, where he called former al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a “martyr”.
“We reject the malicious reference to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India. If there is an unfinished issue on the UN agenda, it is addressing the scourge of terrorism, “said Maitra.
As UN member states celebrated 75 years of the United Nations in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday during his speech at the high-level meeting on commemoration. of the 75th anniversary of the world organization.
Qureshi said that Jammu, Kashmir and Palestine were the “most flagrant and long-standing disputes” of the UN and that the people of Jammu and Kashmir still await the fulfillment of the commitment made by the UN to grant them their “right to self-determination.” “With Pakistan once again raising the Kashmir issue on a UN platform, Maitra said India hoped that during this solemn commemoration of a shared global milestone, the General Assembly would” spare itself another repetition of the baseless falsehoods now they have become a registered trademark of Pakistan. interventions on such platforms. “
“However, for a nation that is devoid of milestones, one can only hope for a blocked and blocked approach to reason, diplomacy and dialogue.
“What we hear today is the endless fabricated narrative presented by the representative of Pakistan on the internal affairs of India,” he said.
Strongly rejecting the malicious reference made to Jammu and Kashmir, Maitra said Pakistan “will do well to turn its attention inward to immediately address these pressing concerns rather than divert attention from them by misusing UN platforms.” .
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