“Hosting Osama Bin Laden…”: India’s Reply After Pak Raises Kashmir At UN

S. Jaishankar, Pakistan, UN
S. Jaishankar gave a fitting reply to Pakistan at UN
S. Jaishankar, Pakistan, UN
S. Jaishankar gave a fitting reply to Pakistan at UN

India reacted angrily to Pakistan’s raising of the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council yesterday, claiming that a country that hosted slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and attacked a neighbouring Parliament lacks the credentials to “sermonise” in the power UN organ.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that the UN’s credibility is dependent on its effective response to today’s key challenges, such as pandemics, climate change, conflicts, and terrorism.

“We are clearly focused on the importance of reforming multilateralism today. We will all have our own opinions, but there is a growing consensus that this cannot be postponed any longer “said Mr Jaishankar, who is chairing India’s signature event on reformed multilateralism.

“While we seek the best solutions, we must never accept the normalisation of such threats in our discourse. The question of justifying what the rest of the world considers unacceptable should never be raised. That certainly holds true for state-sponsored cross-border terrorism. affluently posing the problem of posing the problem of posing the problem of posing the problem of posing the problem of the world “He stated.

On December 13, 18 years ago, terrorists from Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) opened fire on the Parliament complex in New Delhi, killing nine people.

Mr. Jaishankar’s strong words came after Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto brought up the Kashmir issue during a Council debate on reformed multilateralism.

Mr. Jaishankar arrived here on Tuesday to preside over two signature events on counter-terrorism and reformed multilateralism, which are being held during India’s current Presidency of the UN Security Council, before the country’s two-year tenure as an elected member of the powerful 15-nation concludes this month.

When Mr Bhutto spoke in the Council, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, was chairing the debate.

Tensions between India and Pakistan have risen since New Delhi used Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5, 2019. Pakistan reacted angrily to India’s decision, downgrading diplomatic ties and expelling the Indian envoy.

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