India Tears Into Pakistan For Raising Kashmir Issue In UN Gen Assembly

United Nations: India launched a scathing attack on Pakistan for raising the issue of Kashmir during an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the Ukraine conflict.

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said that such statements by Islamabad deserve the “collective contempt” of the international community and “sympathy for a mindset which repeatedly utters falsehoods”.

“Before I conclude, Mr President, one final point,” Kamboj said as she delivered the explanation of the vote after the 193-member General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn Russia’s illegal referendums and annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine.

“We have witnessed unsurprisingly yet again an attempt by one delegation to misuse this forum and make frivolous and pointless remarks against my country. Such statements deserve our collective contempt and sympathy for a mindset which repeatedly utters falsehoods,” Kamboj added.

“It is important, however, to set the record straight. The entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India irrespective of what the representative of Pakistan believes or covets. We call on Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism so that our citizens can enjoy their right to life and liberty,” Kamboj furthered.

Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan.

India has repeatedly told Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of the country. India has made it clear that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan in an environment free of terror, hostility, and violence.