India has slammed Pakistan for raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at UN, saying the country employs “empty rhetoric” to serve its “distorted agenda”.
Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, A Amarnath, said on Monday that India does not need advice from a nation with a proven track record of illicit export of nuclear material and technology.
“Pakistan has made a number of futile and unsubstantiated allegations against India, including in relation to the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
These do not merit a response, as they pertain to matters internal to India,” Amarnath said.
“Pakistan’s desperate attempts to peddle falsehoods and habit of abusing the sanctity of multilateral forums deserves our collective contempt,” he said.
“This includes the areas that are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan. We call upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation,” he said in the Right of Reply.
Deeply concerned over proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
India has expressed deep concern over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems that could endanger peace and security.
The possibility of terrorists acquiring such weapons necessitates the global community to work together to address this grave danger.
We are deeply concerned about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems, which endangers international peace and security.
The possibility of terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction necessitates Member States to work together to address this grave danger, he said at the General Debate of the First Committee of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on Monday.
He asserted that weapons in the hands of terrorists are the most threatening form of illicit small arms and light weapons.
Rejecting Pakistan’s reaction, India has categorically told the international community that its move on Kashmir is an internal matter. India maintains Kashmir is a bilateral issue with Pakistan and no third party has any role in it.
Mr. Sharma also voiced India’s support for the institutional strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention including through the negotiation of a comprehensive and legally binding protocol, providing for an effective, universal and non-discriminatory verification mechanism .