In this photo taken from UNTV video, Mijito Vinito, the first secretary of India’s UN mission to the United Nations, addresses the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2020 , at the UN Headquarters. (UNTV via AP)
India’s strong rebuttal at the UN virtual meeting came after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke on India’s internal affairs, including the Jammu and Kashmir issue, during his pre-recorded video statement. The first secretary of the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Mijito Vinito, who was sitting in the India seat in the UN General Assembly hall, came out as Khan began his usual “tirade” on India.
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The “only supreme glory” that Pakistan has to show the world over the past seven decades is terrorism, ethnic cleansing, majority fundamentalism and clandestine nuclear trade, India said in a scathing response on Friday, criticizing the “incessant tirade. of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. “and” poison “in the UN General Assembly.
“This august forum witnessed a new low on its 75th anniversary. The leader of Pakistan today called for the banning of those who incite hatred and violence. But as it progressed, we wondered if he was referring to himself.” . The First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, said Mijito Vinito, making India’s right of reply.
The strong rebuttal came after Khan spoke on India’s internal affairs, including the Jammu and Kashmir issue, during his pre-recorded video statement at the high-level General Debate. Vinito, who was sitting in the India seat in the UN General Assembly hall for General Debate, withdrew when Khan began his customary “tirade” on India.
“This room listened to the incessant spiel from someone who had nothing to show for himself, who had no achievements to speak of and no reasonable suggestions to offer the world. Instead, we saw lies, misinformation, warmongering and malice spread throughout this room. Assembly, “said the young Indian diplomat.
Criticizing Pakistan for its record as a nation, Vinito said: “The only supreme glory that this country has to show the world for the past 70 years is terrorism, ethnic cleansing, majority fundamentalism and clandestine nuclear trade.”
Alluding to Pakistan’s “stellar record”, he said this is the country that has the “dubious distinction” of hosting the largest number of terrorists banned by the United Nations, a reference to masterminds of terror such as Lashkar-e-Taiba ( LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) director Masood Azhar.
“This is the same country that provides pensions to feared and listed terrorists with state funds. The leader we hear from today is the same person who referred to the terrorist Osama Bin Laden as a ‘martyr'” in the Pakistani Parliament in July, Vinito said.
He added that it is Pakistan that brought genocide to South Asia 39 years ago when it killed its own people and it is also the country that is “shameless enough” not to offer a sincere apology for the horrors it perpetrated even after so many years. . India claimed in its right of reply that Khan, “who spit poison today”, admitted in public in 2019 in the US that his country still has between 30,000 and 40,000 terrorists, who have been trained by Pakistan and have fought in Afghanistan. and in the Union Indian Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
“This is the country that has systematically cleansed its minorities, including Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and others, by abusing its blasphemy laws and by forced religious conversions,” Vinito said, adding that “for someone who professes to be a Champion of Islam, this is also a country that has encouraged the killing of other Muslims simply because they belonged to a different sect or a different region in Pakistan and sponsoring terrorist attacks against their neighbors. “
Pakistan has consistently used UN platforms, including high-level General Assembly sessions, to discuss the Jammu and Kashmir issue, but has repeatedly found no resonance in the international community for its “tirade”.
India strongly asserted that Jammu and Kashmir are its “integral and inalienable part” and that the laws and regulations introduced into the Union Territory are strictly internal affairs.
“The only remaining dispute in Kashmir relates to that part of Kashmir that is still under illegal occupation by Pakistan. We call on Pakistan to abandon all those areas that are in illegal occupation,” Vinito said, adding that it what it should be On the UN agenda is the “deep state of Pakistan and its relentless political and financial support for terrorist and mercenary organizations, which are a threat to world peace and security.”
“The only way for Pakistan to become a normal country is to renounce its moral, financial and material support for terrorism, focus its attention on the problems facing its own population, including its minorities, and stop misusing it. the UN platforms to promote their nefarious agenda, “India said. The words used in the General Assembly by Khan “debase” the very essence of the United Nations, Vinito said, adding that “for a nation that is deeply buried in medievalism, it is understandable that the principles of a modern civilized society such as the peace, dialogue and diplomacy are implausible. “
The delegate of Pakistan then responded to India’s right of reply.
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