NEW YORK – India has bee irked as Pakistan has raised the Kashmir issuewith UN Security Council President, saying the situation in the valley andthe “escalation” of tension along the Line of Control pose a threat tointernational peace and security.

Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi on Friday in a tweet said that sheraised the issue of Kashmir with President Of the Security Council for themonth of April Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, the Permanent Representativeof Peru to the United Nations.

She said the “grave situation” in Kashmir and “escalation on the LoC pose aserious threat to international peace and security.”

Lodhi also discussed the Kashmir situation with members of the Pakistaniand Kashmiri community at Pakistan’s mission on Friday at a meeting to mark‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’, she said in another tweet, posting pictures ofthe event.

Earlier, Lodhi had tweeted that Pakistan will continue to support the“heroic struggle of our Kashmiri brothers and sisters.” Lodhi repeated herstance that a “peaceful settlement” of the Kashmir issue in accordance withrelevant UN Security Council resolutions is a “pre-requisite for lastingpeace and stability” in South Asia.

Pakistan continuously raises the Kashmir issue at the UN seeking the worldbody’s intervention in the dispute with India. But New Delhi has alwaysmaintained that Kashmir is a bilateral issue with Islamabad.

While UN Secretary General António Guterres has expressed concern at thesituation in Kashmir, the UN has maintained that India and Pakistan need tofind a peaceful solution through “engagement and dialogue”.