United Nations: India warned Pakistan on Tuesday that it must accept “consequences” for sponsoring cross-border terrorism and reiterated that it has “every right” to defend itself from attacks emanating from its neighbour, PTI reported.
“I am compelled to respond to baseless and unwarranted remarks made by Pakistan today. India would like to set the facts straight,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, said during a United Nations Security Council meeting.
Historical Roots Of Dispute
Parvathaneni traced the conflict to the subcontinent’s partition, saying: “Independent India began its life battling with cross-border aggression by Pakistan, which coveted Indian territories that had become a part of India as a result of their complete, legal and irrevocable accession.”
His forceful rebuttal came amid a Security Council debate on “Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centred international system,” a session chaired by China under its May presidency of the 15-member body. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi led the opening session.
Pakistan Raises Kashmir, Indus Treaty
The exchange followed remarks by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, who had raised Jammu and Kashmir and invoked the Indus Waters Treaty — suspended by India after the April 2025 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
The Resistance Front (TRF), an alias for Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for that assault.
Condemning Pakistan, Parvathaneni said the country’s use of cross-border terrorism and its doctrine of “bleeding India by a thousand cuts” exposed “its hollow rhetoric and the rhetoric of commitment to the UN Charter”.
“India has every right to defend itself from such cross-border terrorism. Pakistan will have to accept that there are consequences to its sponsorship of cross-border terrorism,” he warned.
Parvathaneni further accused Pakistan of repeatedly violating the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and peaceful coexistence by waging wars, carrying out unprovoked aggression and continuing to sponsor cross-border terrorism.
“Pakistan’s harnessing of the malevolent forces of terrorism, religious extremism, violent radicalism, and anti-India rhetoric has continued unabated since its creation. The facts in this regard are on public record and need no further elucidation. Pakistan must credibly and irrevocably end its support for all forms of terrorism,” India said.
