United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants India and Pakistan to work together on their concerns over international terrorism, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq. “It's important for all of the countries, including India and Pakistan, to work together to deal with any of the concerns that they face regarding international terrorism,” he said this week.
Haq was responding to a question from a Palestinian journalist who had turned Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Munir Akram's oblique mention of a “principal adversary” into a reference to India.
While speaking at the Security Council after it voted to extend the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Akram did not name the "adversary" when he brought up the hijacking of the Jaffer Express that the Baloch Liberation Army claimed to have carried out. He, however, named Afghanistan as a link to the hijacking of Afghanistan.
Akram asserted that the attacks were meant “to disrupt Pakistan’s cooperation with China and the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”. In the hijacking at a mountain pass that Akram blamed also on the Majeed Brigade, 25 passengers were killed while 33 terrorists died in the army rescue operation. According to Pakistani officials.
India slams Pakistan for spreading liesIndia has slammed Pakistan for “spreading lies” on Kashmir and said that the country which continues to actively promote cross-border terrorism should “vacate” the Indian territory held under its illegal and forcible occupation. “We note that Pakistan has once again made some comments about the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The world knows that the real issue is Pakistan’s active promotion and sponsorship of cross-border terrorism. In fact, this is the biggest roadblock to peace and security in the region. Instead of spreading lies, Pakistan should vacate Indian territory under its illegal and forcible occupation,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement. The MEA spokesperson was reacting in response to media queries regarding comments made by the Pakistan Foreign Office in which Islamabad had labeled the recent remarks made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of terror activities in the neighboring country as “misleading and one-sided”. In a wide-ranging interview with the US-based podcaster Lex Fridman, PM Modi said that Pakistan has become the epicenter of terror, causing immense suffering not just to India, but to the entire world. |
