‘Hopeful’ That Dialogue Can Happen Between Two Countries: UN on India-Pakistan War of Words
United Nations, September 28 (PTI) : Despite the “tone and content” of the remarks made against each other by India and Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly, “we still remain hopeful” that dialogue can take place between the two. nations, said a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. .
India criticized Pakistan at the UN after Prime Minister Imran Khan raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his speech to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
“We have heard the words, and I think that, despite the tone and the content of the words, we still keep hope that the dialogue can take place, perhaps in a place that is not in the spotlight”, Stéphane Dujarric , spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said Monday during the daily press conference.
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Dujarric was responding to a question that, following the heated exchanges between India and Pakistan during the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly last week, is the UN concerned about the peace in the region and whether the Secretary-General plans to address the leaders of the two countries.
Exercising the right of reply, First Secretary Sneha Dubey told the United Nations General Assembly that Pakistan, where terrorists are given a free pass, is an “arsonist” disguised as a “firefighter”, and the whole world has suffered as he feeds terrorists like Osama bin Laden in his backyard.
“We are exercising our right of reply to a new attempt by the Pakistani leader to tarnish the image of this august forum by addressing issues internal to my country and going so far as to spit lies on the world stage,” Dubey said.
“While such statements deserve our collective contempt and sympathy for the state of mind of the person who repeatedly tells lies, I take the floor to set the record straight,” the young diplomat said. Indian.
Khan, in his speech, referred to the Indian government’s August 5, 2019 decision to repeal Article 370 as well as the death of pro-Pakistani leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Dubey emphatically reiterated that all of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh “were, are and always will be an integral and inalienable part of India.” This includes areas that are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan. We call on Pakistan to immediately leave all areas under its illegal occupation.
Pakistan, too, then exercised its right of reply to Dubey’s remarks.
Khan and other Pakistani leaders and diplomats have consistently addressed the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and other internal Indian issues in their speeches at the United Nations General Assembly and other fora in the world organization. PTI