New Delhi: India strongly rebutted Pakistan’s claims over Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on “Leadership for Peace,” with Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni asserting that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are “an integral and inalienable part of India” and “will always remain so.”
Addressing Pakistan’s “unwarranted reference” to the region, Parvathaneni criticised Islamabad for its “obsessive focus on harming India and its people.” He also highlighted India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, citing Pakistan’s history of cross-border terrorism and repeated violations of the treaty over six decades.
“India entered into the Indus Waters Treaty 65 years ago in good faith. Over this period, Pakistan has violated the spirit of the Treaty through three wars and thousands of terror attacks on India,” Parvathaneni said. He cited the April attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 civilians, including a foreign national, were killed. India noted that the treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan ends its support for terrorism “credibly and irrevocably.”
The Indian envoy also condemned Pakistan’s domestic political and military actions, referring to the jailing of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the banning of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, and the constitutional amendment granting lifetime immunity to Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir. “Pakistan, of course, has a unique way of respecting the will of its people—by jailing a Prime Minister, banning the ruling party, and letting its armed forces engineer a constitutional coup,” Parvathaneni said.
He reiterated India’s firm stance against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism: “India will counter terrorism in all its forms and manifestations with all its might.”
The remarks were made in response to Pakistan’s representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, who accused India of violating Security Council resolutions and called Jammu and Kashmir “an unresolved dispute.” Ahmad also described India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty as a “blatant breach of international obligations,” while claiming Pakistan seeks peace and stability in South Asia.
India’s strong rebuttal at the UN underscores its position on both territorial integrity and cross-border terrorism, highlighting Islamabad’s domestic and international actions that India says undermine regional peace.
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