India slammed Pakistan for deploying cross-border terrorism as a tool of state policy and reiterated that Kashmir will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India.
The remarks were made by India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador P. Harish, at the High-Level Open Debate of the UN Security Council on Natural Resources Governance yesterday.
He slammed Pakistan for misusing a high-level debate to peddle its false narrative. He further asserted that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has always been, is, and will remain an integral and inalienable part of India, stating that this is the constitutional and legal reality Pakistan deliberately chooses to ignore.
Ambassador Harish further said the only outstanding issue with regard to Jammu and Kashmir is the naked aggression and illegal occupation of India’s sovereign territory by Pakistan.
Speaking about the Indus Water Treaty, he doubled down on Islamabad for using cross-border terrorism as an instrument of state policy.
Mr Harish said that our position on the Indus Water Treaty remains clear and consistent. He noted that cooperation on the basis of mutual trust and goodwill cannot be expected when cross-border terrorism is regularly deployed as an instrument of state policy.
In his concluding remarks, Envoy P. Harish urged Islamabad to solve its own internal problems before judging others.
