United Nations: Pakistan monitors the situation resulting from the aggressive movements of India which followed the attack from last week to the cashmere occupied by India, and will request a meeting of the United Nations Security Council when it is “appropriate” to do so, the Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said on Friday.
“It is obvious that there has been an incident, but now what has evolved in terms of situation, which is a real threat to regional and international peace and security, and we believe that the Security Council, in fact, has the mandate, it would be very legitimate for any member of the Council, including Pakistan, to ask for a meeting,” he told a press conference at the UN in New York.
The press conference was one of the many actions that the Ambassador Asim, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, took to provide an update on this developing situation of the international community and the point of view of Pakistan.
“We discussed this with the previous ones – the presidency of the council of last month (France) – and the presidency of this month (Greece) – we observe the situation very closely, and we have the right to convene a meeting when we feel appropriate,” he said.
Ambassador Asim answered a question to find out if Pakistan planned to request a meeting of the Security Council following the increase in tensions between India and Pakistan after the attack on Pahalgam which killed 26 people on April 22.
Thursday, Greece, which is president of the United Nations Security Council for May, said that the Security Council should come together “as soon as possible” to discuss the situation between India and Pakistan, and this would be an opportunity to express opinions and help to disseminate tensions, expressing concern about increased tensions between South-Asian South Asian neighbors.
“Of course, if a request comes for a meeting then … I think that this meeting should take place because, as we have said, it may also be an opportunity to express opinions and it could help disseminate a little tension. We will see,” the permanent ambassador of Greece at the UN and the President of the Security Council for the month of May said, said the Evangelos Sekeris ambassador.
“We are in close contact. But it is something that could happen, I would say, as soon as possible. We will see, we are preparing. This is the first day of our presidency (USC),” said Sekeris.
Seckris a briefing UN journalists here on Thursday on the council work program under the presidency of the month of Greece of the organization of 15 countries.
Asked about the offer of the UN Secretary General António guterres of good offices in India and Pakistan to defuse tensions, Ambassador Asim said that Pakistan had hosted the decision of the UN chief.
In fact, Pakistan has always offered its cooperation to any peace decision by the UN Secretaries General, he said.
Guterres’ offer was conditional to accept the two parties. However, India did not respond to the secretary general’s proposal.
When an Indian journalist referred to comments from the Minister of Defense Khawaja Asifies suggesting a Pakistani involvement in terrorism, Ambassador Asim said that the remarks had been “twisted” and withdrawn from his context. In fact, he said, it was India that was involved in acts of terrorism not only against Pakistan, but in North America, something that was documented. Pakistan, he added, is the victim of terrorism.
“The conduct of India, marked by a contempt for international law and regional stability, is incendiary and dangerous, with the potential of large -scale and disastrous consequences,” said Ambassador Asim.
Pakistan, he reiterated, does not seek climbing, clearly specified by its political leadership and at all levels.
“At the same time,” he warned, “we are fully ready to defend our sovereignty and our territorial integrity. If India has recourse to aggression, Pakistan will exercise its inherent and legitimate right to self-defense, as consecrated in the Charter of the United Nations.”
Pakistan, he added, categorically rejects any attempt to link it to the pahalgam incident in Jammu-et-Cachemire illegally Indian (Iiojk).
“Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and demonstrations. Nothing justifies the targeting of innocent civilians,” said the Pakistani envoy.
“We are concerned about the loss of life in Pahalgam’s attack, and we have exercised our condolences. As a victim of terrorism itself, no one can feel the pain of those who have been affected by this scourge like Pakistan.”
In response to the provocative and unilateral actions of India, he said, the National Security Committee of Pakistan (NSC), chaired by the Prime Minister, convened on April 24 and was forced to undertake certain proportionate countermeasures.
“Grave and a particular concern is India’s irresponsible decision to maintain the historic Water Treaty in 1960 – a historic, legally binding agreement negotiated and guaranteed by the World Bank,” said the Pakistani envoy.
“The holding of the pending IWT is unilateral and illegal. There are no provisions in the treaty. The unilateral and illegal actions of India cannot undermine regional peace and stability with catastrophic implications,” he noted.
The envoy of Pakistan to the UN also declared: “The National Security Committee of Pakistan has clearly indicated that any attempt to stop or divert the natural flow of water which rightly belongs to Pakistan in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty and the usurpation of the rights of the lower riverie, will be considered an” act of war “.”
Such a decision constitutes an existential threat to the people of Pakistan and will not be tolerated, he said.
“If it is not controlled by the international community, these actions may create a dangerous precedent which could undermine the legal rights of the lower riparian states, potentially triggering new world conflicts on shared water resources,” added the Ambassador Asim.
“We are deeply concerned about the reports of generalized human rights violations in the IIOJK, in particular arbitrary detentions, the demolitions of the house and the collective sanctions imposed on the innocent cashmere people,” he said.
“Pakistan wants good neighborhood, peaceful and cooperative relations with all its neighbors, including India. We plead for a relationship based on mutual respect, sovereign equality, peaceful coexistence and peaceful resolution of all unanswered disputes,” he said.
But this aspiration must be reciprocal-it cannot be a unilateral affair, he added.
