Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi: India delivered a sharp rebuke to Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, accusing it of misusing UN platforms to push divisive political interests and reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India.
India’s UN Envoy Responds to Pakistan’s References
Speaking during the UNGA plenary meeting on the Annual Report of the UN Security Council, India’s Permanent Representative Parvathaneni Harish said Pakistan had once again raised issues that are strictly internal matters of India. He stated that Pakistan had abused its position as a UN Security Council member by circulating misinformed and misleading communications, and warned that being a member of the Security Council carries enormous responsibility and is not a platform for peddling biased and false narratives.
J&K Position Made Unambiguously Clear
The Indian envoy categorically stated that Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India, adding that any assertions to the contrary are baseless and inconsistent with historical facts. He said that empty rhetoric and hollow claims by Pakistan would not change this fundamental reality.
India Calls for UN Security Council Reforms
Beyond the Kashmir issue, India also used the occasion to call for reforms to make the Security Council more representative of contemporary geopolitical realities, advocating for expansion of both permanent and non-permanent categories of Council membership. India also congratulated Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe on their election to the Security Council for the 2027-28 term.
India Lodges Strong Protest Over Gilgit-Baltistan Elections
Separately, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday lodged a strong protest against Pakistan’s plans to hold general elections to the so-called Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in territories it described as illegally and forcibly occupied by Pakistan. The MEA reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan, are integral and inalienable parts of India by virtue of the complete, legal, and irrevocable accession of 1947, and categorically rejected any attempts to bring material change to areas under Pakistan’s illegal occupation.
