New Delhi delivers sharp message at United Nations, accuses Islamabad of using terrorism as state policy
India launched a blistering attack on Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council, warning Islamabad that its continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism would inevitably invite consequences.
Addressing the UNSC Open Debate on upholding the UN Charter, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish accused Pakistan of decades-long support for terrorism, radicalisation and anti-India propaganda.
In a strongly worded intervention, Ambassador Harish declared that Pakistan’s strategy of nurturing extremist groups while pretending to champion peace had been exposed before the world community. He asserted that India possesses every sovereign right to defend its citizens and territorial integrity against terror attacks emanating from across the border.
“Pakistan will have to accept that there are consequences to its sponsorship of cross-border terrorism,” Harish warned during the high-level debate, delivering one of India’s sharpest recent diplomatic offensives against Islamabad at the UN.
India also tore into Pakistan’s long-standing doctrine of “bleeding India by a thousand cuts,” accusing the neighbouring country of systematically weaponising terrorism as an instrument of state policy since its creation.
Harish pointed out that Pakistan’s repeated military aggression, cross-border infiltration and support for terror groups directly violate the core principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and peaceful coexistence between nations.
The strong remarks came shortly after India firmly rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir made in a joint China-Pakistan statement.
Responding to the issue, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh remain integral and inalienable parts of India and that no foreign country has any locus standi to comment on the matter.
India also renewed its opposition to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), stressing that projects passing through Pakistan-occupied territories violate India’s sovereignty. New Delhi has repeatedly conveyed its objections to both China and Pakistan over the issue.
Ambassador Harish further reminded the international community that independent India’s earliest security challenge came from Pakistan-backed incursions into territories that had legally acceded to India after Partition.
He underlined that Pakistan must permanently abandon terrorism and dismantle the infrastructure of radical groups operating from its soil if it wishes to be seen as a responsible member of the international community.
India’s remarks are being viewed as a clear signal that New Delhi is no longer willing to tolerate what it describes as Pakistan’s dual policy of preaching peace internationally while sheltering anti-India terror networks domestically.
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