Indian delegate Mijito Vinito, who had left the hall earlier when Imran Khan’s pre-recorded statement was heard, introduced the India booth.
In a forceful response, India said: “The Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India. The rules and legislation introduced in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are strictly internal affairs of India. ”
Earlier, Imran Khan had said: “Pakistan has always called for a peaceful solution. To do this, India must rescind the measures it has taken since 5 August 2019, end its military siege and other serious human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir “. ”
Responding to Khan, India said firmly: “The only remaining dispute in Kashmir relates to the part of Kashmir that is still under illegal occupation by Pakistan. We call on Pakistan to abandon all areas that are under illegal occupation.” .
Khan’s virtual speech had raised the same issues about Kashmir, as it has in recent speeches to multilateral bodies, and criticized the Indian government on various issues.
After Khan’s speech, TS Tirumurti, India’s permanent representative to the UN, tweeted that the country would use the “Right to Reply” feature to respond to the Pakistani prime minister’s speech.
“This Hall heard 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 through of this Assembly. The words used today in this great Assembly by the leader of Pakistan (Imran Khan) degrade the very essence of the United Nations, “said Mijito Vinito, First Secretary of the Indian Mission to the United Nations.
India exercised its right of reply after all country speeches in the high-level debate at the 75th session of the UNGA concluded on Friday. Usually, it is when countries begin to exercise the right to respond to statements made by any other country against them.
Friday’s anti-India statement made by Pakistan’s prime minister and India’s response makes it India’s third right of reply, the first two were also made in response to Pakistan bringing up the Jammu and Kashmir issue. during the 75th UNGA underway earlier this week.
Vinito said Imran Khan “is the same person who referred to the terrorist Osama Bin Laden as a” Martyr “in his Parliament in July.”
He further said, “For a nation that is deeply buried in medievalism, it is understandable that the principles of modern civilized society such as peace, dialogue and diplomacy are implausible.”
“This is the country that brought genocide to South Asia 39 years ago when he killed his own people. This is also the country that is cheeky enough not to offer a sincere apology for the horrors it perpetrated even after so many years. This is the same country that provides pensions to feared and listed terrorists with state funds. This is the same country that has the dubious distinction of hosting the largest number of terrorists banned by the United Nations, “he added.
Referring to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, he said: “The same leader who spit poison today, admitted in 2019 in public in the US that his country still has around 30,000-40,000 terrorists who have been trained by Pakistan and have fought in Afghanistan and in the Indian Union 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. ” .
Pakistan characterized himself as “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” he added.
The First Secretary said: “What should be on the UN’s agenda is the deep state of Pakistan and its relentless political and financial support for terrorist organizations and mercenaries that are a threat to global peace and security. Show the world for the last 70 years it is terrorism, ethnic cleansing, majority fundamentalism and clandestine nuclear trade. ”
“The only way for Pakistan to become a normal country is to renounce its moral, financial and material support for terrorism, turn its attention to the problems facing its own population, including its minorities, and stop misusing it. UN platforms to promote their dire agenda. ” the statement concluded.
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