‘Illegal, unwarranted’: India rejects Pakistan’s ‘repeated references’ to J&K at UN | India News

NEW DELHI: India has rejected Pakistan‘s “repeated references” to Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations asserting that the area “was, is, and will always be an integral part of India.” It condemned the nation for utilizing the platform for its “parochial and divisive agenda.”
“India is compelled to note that the delegate of Pakistan has yet again resorted to unwarranted remarks on the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Such repeated references neither validate their illegal claims nor justify their state-sponsored cross-border terrorism,” India’s everlasting consultant to the UN, ambassador Parvathaneni Harish stated at the Security Council.
India additional termed Pakistan’s claims over J&Okay as “illegal” and known as for it to vacate the area.
“Pakistan continues to illegally occupy the territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which it must vacate,” he stated.
“We would advise Pakistan not to try to divert attention of this forum.” India, he famous, wouldn’t interact in an in depth response however made its place clear. “India will refrain from exercising a more elaborate Right of Reply,” he concluded.
Earlier this month, Pakistan’s former international secretary Tehmina Janjua, had raised the problem of J&Okay throughout an off-the-cuff gathering marking the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, attracting a powerful response from India.
The ministry of exterior affairs had additionally rejected Pakistan’s allegations of its involvement within the Balochistan prepare hijack.
“We strongly reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan. The whole world knows where the epicentre of global terrorism lies. Pakistan should look inwards instead of shifting the blame for its own internal problems and failures on to others,” the MEA had stated.