India on Tuesday rejected Pakistan’s argument that the Kashmir issue is one of the longest-standing disputes in the United Nations. India urged Pakistan to focus on the unfinished task of combating terrorism.
In a video message on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi praised the achievements of the United Nations, but ‘ He also noted ‘failures and shortcomings’.
He said, “The organization is only as good as its members say it should be. The Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine dispute is one of the longest-running disputes. The people of Jammu and Kashmir are still awaiting the fulfillment of the commitment made by the United Nations to give them the right to take decisions”.
“He further said” Today, the UN has been taken as a talk shop. Its proposals and decisions are flouted. International cooperation, particularly in the Security Council, is at its lowest level. “
First secretary Vidisha Maitra said India had hoped the General Assembly “would be spared another repetition of the baseless falsehoods that have now become a trademark of Pakistan’s interventions on such platforms” during the commemoration global milestone.
“However, for a nation that is bereft of milestones, one can only expect a stonewalled and stymied approach to reason, diplomacy and dialogue,” she said.
Maitra said Pakistan was interfering in India’s internal matters. “What we heard today is the never-ending fabricated narrative presented by the Pakistani representative about the internal affairs of India. We reject the malicious reference made to the union territory (UT) of J&K, which is an integral part of India,” she said.
“If there is an item that is unfinished on the agenda of the UN it is that of tackling the scourge of terrorism. Pakistan is globally recognised as the epicentre of terrorism, which by its own admission harbours and trains terrorists and hails them as martyrs and consistently persecutes its ethnic and religious minorities,” she added.
Maitra said Pakistan “would do well to turn its attention inwards to immediately addressing these pressing concerns instead of diverting attention from them by misusing the UN platform”.