India has slammed Pakistan for its baseless and deceitful narratives as Islamabad’s envoy here made references regarding Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). “Earlier in the day, the one delegation misused this forum to spread baseless and deceitful narratives which is not in surprise,” the minister in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Pratik Mathur said on June 25, 2024.
I will not dignify these remarks with any response, just to save the valuable time of this august body,” he said. Mathur was delivering India’s statement at the UN Assembly debate on the Annual Report of the UN Security Council. His retort came after Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram made references to Kashmir in his remarks from the General Assembly Podium during the debate.
India has previously rejected Pakistan’s efforts to raise the Kashmir Issue at the International forums asserting that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of the Republic of India and Pakistan has no locus standi to make statements and remarks regarding India’s domestic matters.
Pakistan regularly raises the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at various UN Platforms, irrespective of the subject matter being discussed or the theme of the forum and fails to get any support or traction. Pakistan’s envoy Munir Akram has been slammed at various occasions, once by the former Indian Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj after he threw a jibe at PM Modi regarding surgical strikes inside Pakistan to kill terrorists who dared to launch attacks on India.
During the debate at the UNGA, Pratik Mathur also stressed the need for a comprehensive reform of the Security Council with the expansion of both permanent and non-permanent members. “We welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate on the Report of the Security Council and Secretariat for producing the annual report of the Security Council, Mathur said.
“India also joins others in congratulating new incoming members for having being elected to the Council for the period of 2025-26. We look forward to working with them in a constructive and positive manner,” he added. The Indian diplomat pointed out that the UN Charter bestows on the report a profound seriousness as is evident from the fact that there exists a separate provision for reports from other UN bodies.
