Rants and theatrics don’t work a tun: indian envoy
WORLD MEET Akbaruddin says India will not engage with Pak on Kashmir issue at UNGA
NEW YORK: The rants and theatrics do not work at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), neither do they ever make a world leader any more significant a part of the world history, India’s permanent representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin remarked on Friday in reference to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vow to raise the Kashmir issue at the UNGA.
“This is my 35th year in diplomacy, I have seen many theatrics in the general assembly. Many people use their 30 minutes of global attention in the ways that they want, Akbaruddin told ANI in response to a question on Imran Khan’s plans to raise the Kashmir issue at the UNGA.
“If a country or leader wants to do that, he or she is free to do that. I have heard rants and abuses from different leaders, yet who remembers them? They are footnotes on part of history. If people want to be remembered like that, it’s their will to do so,” he added.
On being asked whether India would explain to the world leaders its decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution at the UN, Akbaruddin said that India understands that the internadramatist personae who just is a fleeting presence on the world stage,” Akbaruddin said.
The Prime Minister is on a six-day visit to the US. Akbaruddin said that Modi’s visit is a reflection of growing ties between Washington and New Delhi.
On Friday, the envoy, in an attempt to hit out the neighbouring country said, India will soar high if Pakistan stoops low by raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session. He said that Islamabad which mainstreamed terrorism in the past may mainstream hate speech now.
“We explained to you what is our approach and what is our orientation and how we are working very differently from our previous experiences. But there may be somebody who is wanting to bring an issue which they have raised before...your question further is that what if they become more shrill, what if they raise it in a much more sharper manner,” Akbaruddin said at a press conference here on Thursday. He was responding to a question on whether he expects Kashmir to be raised during the UNGA session and how will India tackle it.
“There may be some who stoop low. Our response to them is we soar high. They may stoop low, we soar high,” he said.