"Frivolous and pointless": India tears into Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue at UNGA vote on Russia; WATCH HERE-

New York, Oct 13: Pakistan again showing its true colors has tried to attempt in drawing a parallel line between the situation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Jammu and Kashmir at the UN General Assembly. However, India slammed Pakistan for raising the issue of Kashmir during an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

 

 

 

The UNGA on Wednesday witnessed an emergency special session where India abstained from voting. "Before I conclude, Mr. President, one final point," India's Permanent Representative to the U.N., Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, said as she delivered the explanation of the vote after the 193-member General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on October 12 to condemn Russia's illegal referendums and annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine.

 

 

In a strongly worded response, Ruchira Kamboj said, "We have witnessed, unsurprisingly, yet again, an attempt by one delegation to misuse this forum and make frivolous and pointless remarks against my country." The Indian diplomat said such a statement deserves "collective contempt from a mindset which repeatedly utters falsehoods".

 

"It is important, however, to set the record straight. The entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India irrespective of what the representative of Pakistan believes or covets. We call on Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism so that our citizens can enjoy their right to life and liberty," Ms. Kamboj said.

 

In his remarks to the UNGA, Pakistan's ambassador to the U.N. Munir Akram raised the issue of Kashmir, saying that under international law, the right of self-determination applies to peoples who are under foreign or colonial domination and those who have not yet exercised the right to self-determination "as in the case of Jammu and Kashmir".

 

 

"We will look forward to seeing similar concerns in condemination about the attempts by India to formalize its illegal annexation of the internationally recognized disputed territory of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in complete violation of international law and revelant resolution of UNSC on Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

 

Further, he said the exercise of the right to self-determination should be conducted in an environment free of military occupation and under impartial auspices species, preferably under the supervision of the United Nations.