India tore into Pakistan after its international minister raised the problem of Jammu and Kashmir at a Safety Council debate on girls, peace and safety, saying it’s “unworthy” to even reply to such “malicious and false propaganda”.
Responding to Pakistan International Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Everlasting Consultant to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj on Tuesday termed his assertion as “baseless and politically motivated”.
“Earlier than I conclude, let me dismiss the frivolous, baseless and politically motivated remarks made by the delegate of Pakistan relating to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” she stated.
Talking on the UN Safety Council open debate on ‘Girls, Peace and Safety’, Kamboj stated: “my delegation considers it unworthy to even reply to such malicious and false propaganda.”
“Reasonably, our focus is the place it shall all the time be – optimistic and forward-looking. At present’s dialogue is critically vital to strengthen our collective efforts to speed up the total implementation of the Girls, Peace and Safety agenda. We respect the subject of the talk and recognise the significance of time. As such, our focus shall stay on the subject,” she stated.
Kamboj’s sharp retort got here after Pakistan International Minister Zardari referred to Jammu and Kashmir in his remarks to the Council debate held beneath Mozambique’s Presidency for this month, on the eve of Worldwide Girls’s Day.
India has beforehand advised Pakistan that the complete territories of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are, and shall all the time be a part of India.
India has been sustaining that it wishes regular neighbourly relations with Pakistan, whereas insisting that the onus is on Islamabad to create an atmosphere that is freed from terror and hostility for such an engagement.
The ties between India and Pakistan got here beneath extreme pressure after India’s warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist coaching camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in February 2019 in response to the Pulwama terror assault.
The relations additional deteriorated after India in August 2019 introduced the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular powers and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union Territories.