Shehbaz Sharif had raked up the Jammu and Kashmir issue and made critical remarks about the status of human rights and minority rights in India at the UN General Assembly.
New Delhi: India hit back sharply at Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who had raked up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and made critical remarks about the status of human rights and minority rights in India at the UN General Assembly.
“It is regrettable that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has chosen the platform of this august assembly to make false accusations against India. He has done so to obfuscate misdeeds in his own country and to justify actions against India that the world considers unacceptable,” First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Mijito Vinito said in the Right of Reply.
India’s sharp riposte came after Sharif had said that Pakistan wanted 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”. India has always maintained that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of the country and expected no external intervention.
In response to Sharif, Vinito in his response said a country seeking peace with its neighbour “would not make unjustified and untenable territorial claims against neighbours”.
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