India, on Tuesday (July 23), launched a stern rebuke against Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), slamming the neighbouring country for being a “serial borrower” steeped in “fanaticism”.
New Delhi emphasised that the countries that foment cross-border terrorism should face a “serious cost”.
Delivering the national statement at the UN Security Council high-level open debate on ‘Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes’ held under Pakistan’s presidency of the 15-nation Council for July, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish said that one of the fundamental principle to establish international peace should be a “zero tolerance” approach for terrorism.
“As we debate promoting international peace and security, it is essential to recognise that there are some fundamental principles which need to be universally respected. One of them is zero tolerance for terrorism,” Harish said.
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Harish’s strong response to Dar’s remarks
In his remarks during the debate, Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addressed the issue of Jammu and Kashmir as well as the Indus Waters Treaty.
Following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, India decided to hold the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irreversibly renounces its support for cross-border terrorism.
Harish, in a befitting response, highlighted that the Indian sub-continent shows a “stark contrast” in terms of progress, prosperity and development models.
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“On the one hand, there is India, which is a mature democracy, a surging economy and a pluralistic and inclusive society. At the other extreme is Pakistan, steeped in fanaticism and terrorism, and a serial borrower from the IMF (International Monetary Fund),” he said.
“It ill behoves a member of the Council to offer homilies while indulging in practices that are unacceptable to the international community,” the Indian envoy said, adding that there should be a serious cost to the states that “violate the spirit of good neighbourliness and international relations by fomenting cross-border terrorism.”
Harish said that in the wake of the gruesome Pahalgam terror attack, where Pakistani terrorists killed 26 people, including tourists, India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, adding that the country’s response was measured, focused and non-escalatory in nature.
“On achieving its primary objectives, a cessation of military activities was directly concluded at the request of Pakistan,” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
