India hit out at Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif for raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly saying that Sharif’s false allegations against India were meant to obfuscate Islamabad’s own misdeeds. In a strong response to Pakistan, India said in the UNGA that a country that claims to seek peace with its neighbours would never sponsor cross-border terrorism nor would it shelter planners of the horrific Mumbai terrorist attack, disclosing their existence only under pressure from the global community.
India exercised the ‘Right of Reply’ in the UNGA to respond sharply to the Pakistan PM, who had raked up the issue of J&K during his address to the high-level general debate earlier in the day.
Mijito Vinito, first secretary in the permanent mission of India to the UN said in the Right of Reply, “It is regrettable that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has chosen the platform of this august assembly to make false accusations against India”.
In his address, Sharif reiterated that Pakistan wants to have peace with India but added that long-lasting, enduring peace can only be “insured and guaranteed” through a just and fair solution to the issue of Kashmir under the UN Charter and Security Council resolutions.
The Indian official said that “That will surely happen when cross-border terrorism ceases, when governments come clean with the international community and with their own people. When minorities are not persecuted and not least, when we recognise these realities before this assembly”.
