India exercised its ‘Right of Reply’ against Pakistan in the UN General Assembly on Thursday and encouraged Islamabad to examine its track record as a state that offers safe havens for terrorists.
Counsellor at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Pratik Mathur addresses the UNSC meeting on Ukraine.
At the Eleventh Emergency Extraordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Indian Counsellor Pratik Mathur stated, “Pakistan need simply look at itself and its track record as a state that harbours and provides safe havens for terrorists with impunity.”
In addition, he instructed the Pakistani delegation to reference India’s repeated Right of Reply in the past.
Mathur said, “I would want to state that India has decided not to reply to Pakistan’s foolish provocations at this moment. Our recommendation to the Pakistani representative is to review the multiple RoRs that we have exercised in the past.”
Mathur termed Pakistan’s unwarranted provocation “regrettable” and added that, after two days of heated negotiations at the United Nations, all the countries there have agreed that the path of peace is the only way to settle dispute and division.
India’s most desirable Pakistan-based In January, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) deputy leader Abdul Rehman Makki was branded as a “global terrorist.”
India had made naming terrorists headquartered in Pakistan a high goal during its 2021-22 UNSC term. India submitted five names for designation under 1267 in 2022: Abdul Rehman Makki (LeT), Abdul Rauf Asghar (JeM), Sajid Mir (LeT), Shahid Mahmood (LeT), and Talha Saeed (LeT).
One member state (China) initially placed a technical hold on each of these five names, but the remaining 14 members of the Council unanimously approved their listing.
According to the US State Department, in 2020 a Pakistani anti-terrorist court convicted Makki of one count of terrorism financing and sentenced him to prison.
Arindam Bagchi, a spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, stated on Thursday that earlier this month, India’s Indus Commissioner issued a notice to Pakistani counterpart to notify a date for the commencement of interstate bilateral negotiations to rectify an ongoing material breach of the Indus Water treaty.
He added that India is not involved in the arbitration court’s proceedings.
“Our India’s Indus Commissioner issued a notification to his Pakistani counterpart on January 25 for the amendment of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty. This notification was sent with the intention of affording Pakistan the chance to engage in government-to-government negotiations in an effort to remedy an ongoing material breach of the treaty. We have requested that Pakistan inform us within ninety days of an appropriate date for the commencement of interstate bilateral negotiations pursuant to Article XII, paragraph 3 “In response to a question regarding India’s notice to Pakistan for amendments to the Indus water treaty, Bagchi stated the following.
“I am currently unaware of a reaction from Pakistan. I am unaware of any reaction or response from the World Bank “Bagchi said.
In answer to a question from the media regarding New Delhi’s stance on the arbitration court, he stated that India is not participating or involved in any manner.
According to sources, India notified Pakistan on January 25 of its intent to modify the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of September 1960 after Islamabad’s actions violated the terms of the agreement. (ANI)
