‘Rogue state fuelling world terrorism’: India blasts Pakistan at UN over Pahalgam assault | India Information

NEW DELHI: India on Monday hit out at Pakistan on the United Nations, highlighting Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif’s “open confession” about his nation’s function in supporting and coaching terrorists.
Talking on the UN, India’s Deputy Everlasting Consultant Yojna Patel condemned Pakistan for misusing the worldwide platform to unfold propaganda and make unfounded allegations towards India. She particularly referenced Asif’s televised confession about Pakistan’s historical past of terrorist assist.
“It is unfortunate that one particular delegation has chosen to misuse and undermine this forum. To indulge in propaganda and make baseless allegations against India. The whole world has heard Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khwaja Asif, admitting and confessing Pakistan’s history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organizations in a recent television interview,” Patel stated.
“This open confession surprises no one and exposes Pakistan as a rogue state, fueling global terrorism and destabilizing the region. The world can no longer turn a blind eye,” she added.
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Patel highlighted India’s standing as a sufferer of cross-border terrorism, noting that the current Pahalgam assault resulted within the highest civilian casualties for the reason that 2008 Mumbai assaults. She additionally expressed gratitude for the worldwide neighborhood’s solidarity and assist following the Pahalgam incident, which claimed 26 lives.
“India deeply appreciates and values the strong unequivocal support and solidarity extended by leaders and governments across the world in wake of the recent terrorist attack at Pahalgam Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This is a testimony to the international community’s zero tolerance for terrorism. The Pahalgam terrorist attack represents the largest number of civilian casualties since the horrific 2611 Mumbai attacks in 2008,” Patel stated.
“Having been a victim of cross border terrorism for decades, India fully understands the long lasting impact such acts have on victims, their families and society. As the UN Security Council in its statement has said, perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of reprehensible acts of terrorism must be held accountable and brought to justice,” she added.
This comes days after Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif admitted on Sky Information that Pakistan harbours and funds terror organisations, saying that it has been “doing the West’s dirty work for decades”. He additionally stated the Pakistan-based terror teams are “not multiple organisations” however “one single organisation religiously organised with different faces”.
He stated terror teams in Pakistan have been “used as proxies by the USA”, and earlier the identical terror teams had been handled like VIPs in Washington. “When we were fighting the war on their side in the ’80s against the Soviet Union, all these terrorists of today, they were wining and dining in Washington. Then came 9/11. Again the same situation was created. I think our government then made a mistake.
Asif also said that his country would respond “in kind” to any assault by nuclear rival New Delhi in retaliation for Pahalgam and known as on US President Donald Trump to “bring sanity to the situation”.
After the Pahalgam assault claiming 26 lives, the federal government applied a number of diplomatic responses, together with shutting down the Attari ICP, cancelling the SVES for Pakistani nationals with a 40-hour departure discover, and lowering diplomatic workers at each Excessive Commissions.