Abandon Kashmir dream, Sushma tells Pakistan dismissing UN resolutions
INDIAN MINISTER SAYS IT IS TIME TO IDENTIFY NATIONS WHO NURTURE, PEDDLE AND EXPORT TERRORISM AND ISOLATE THEM IF THEY DON’T JOIN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
Says it is time to identify nations who nurture, peddle and export terrorism
DISMISSING United Nations’ resolutions on Indian-held Kashmir, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday called for isolating Pakistan globally, saying it is time to identify nations who nurture, peddle and export terrorism and isolate them if they don’t join the global fight against terrorism.
Speaking at the 71st United Nations General Assembly, Swaraj also ripped apart the UN resolutions declaring Jammu and Kashmir a disputed territory. “My firm advice to Pakistan is: abandon this dream. Let me state unequivocally that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and will always remain so,” Swaraj said.
The Indian minister added it had become the calling card of such nations to shelter terrorists, and urged the United Nations (UN) to hold such nations to account.
“These nations, in which UN declared terrorists roam freely, lead processions and deliver their poisonous sermons of hate with impunity, are as culpable as the very terrorists they harbour,” said Swaraj.
She also said that “such countries should have no place in the comity of nations”.
Swaraj referred to the speech of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the UNGA, and said the allegations levelled against India were “baseless”.
“Prime Minister of Pakistan used this podium to make baseless allegations about human rights violations in my country.”
The Indian foreign minister stated that Pakistan should introspect and see the abuses being carried out in Balochistan.
She also added that the “brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of state oppression”.
Swaraj claimed that India had no preconditions for talks with Pakistan and said India wants to resolve issues not on the basis of conditions, but on the basis of friendship.
She further alleged that India did not receive the appropriate response from Pakistan and instead got a reply in the form of “Pathankot, Bahadur Ali, and Uri”. “Bahadur Ali is a terrorist in our custody, whose confession is a living proof of Pakistan’s complicity in cross-border terror,” claimed the foreign minister.
Referring to Kashmir, she ‘advised’ Pakistan to abandon the dream of having control of India-held Kashmir.
“My firm advice to Pakistan is: abandon this dream. Let me state unequivocally that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and will always remain so,” Swaraj said.