'No Outcome For Pakistan, Indian Diplomacy Successful Again': Former Envoy After UNSC Meeting
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India's former permanent representative to the UN ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said Indian diplomacy successfully parried Pakistani efforts to seek the intervention of the UNSC
The UNSC did not endorse any of Pakistan's concerns and the neighbouring country's grandstanding has flopped yet again as in the past, said India's former permanent representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin.
Akbaruddin said Indian diplomacy successfully parried Pakistani efforts to seek the intervention of the UN Security Council, which discussed rising tensions between India and Pakistan at closed-door consultations on Tuesday.
'Pakistan's grandstanding has flopped again today as in the past. As was expected, there was no meaningful response by the Council. Indian diplomacy has yet again successfully parried Pakistani efforts to seek the Security Council's intervention," he said.
He said envoys called for de-escalation and also asked Pakistan 'tough questions". He added that Pakistan has this perpetual quest to attract international attention.
'The international community does not purchase the idea of Pakistan. The UNSC did not come out and give a statement, which shows that Pakistan failed with its objective," he said.
Akbaruddin pointed out that Pakistan could not convince 15 countries at the UNSC. 'So how could it convince the world? Pakistan did not get any outcome from the closed-door meeting," he said.
He further said the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 does not have any links with the UNSC. Pakistan can raise the issue, but the council is not bound to hear the matter as it has no role in it, he added.
'Pakistan can't link everything to peace and security. The UNSC secretary-general is aware that India is committed to bilateralism and won't accept the offer of a third party," he said. 'Pakistan is pursuing a strategy that belongs to the last century…India's ties with the Gulf and other countries have improved immensely."
He also said Indian diplomacy can overcome any action taken against Pakistan. 'The nuclear bogey is played by Pakistan year after year…crying wolf every time is not the strategy that works. The whole world knows it. India has the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter if innocent citizens are targeted," he added.
Before the UNSC meeting, Akbaruddin told PTI that no 'consequential outcome" can be expected from 'a discussion where a party to the conflict seeks to shape perceptions by using its membership of the Council".
Greece, president of the UNSC for the month of May, had scheduled the meeting on Monday (May 5) following a request by Pakistan, which is currently a non-permanent member. The meeting comes days after terrorists killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, triggering outrage in India.
The 15-member UNSC did not issue a statement after the meeting, but Pakistan claimed that its own objectives were 'largely served".
(With PTI inputs)
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