NEW YORK – India’s official response in UN General Assembly againstPakistani PM Imran Khan speech, it’s embarassment for Delhi as at first noone give it an ear in the Assembly and second it revolved around selfperceived Pakistani PM Imran Khan nuclear threat to India.
Vidisha Maitra, First Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),exercised India’s right to reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’sspeech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday.
India’s right to reply comes after Khan in his maiden Speech at UNGA.
Mr. President, I take the floor to exercise India’s right of reply to thestatement made by the Prime Minister of Pakistan
2. Every word spoken from the podium of this august Assembly, it isbelieved, carries the weight of history. Unfortunately, what we heard todayfrom Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan was a callous portrayal of theworld in binary terms. Us vs Them, Rich vs Poor, North vs South, DevelopedVs Developing, Muslims vs Others A script that fosters divisiveness at theUnited Nations. Attempts to sharpen differences and stir up hatred. simplyput – -hate speech`.
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3. Rarely has the General Assembly witnessed such misuse. rather abuse. ofan opportunity to reflect Words matter in diplomacy. Invocation of phrasessuch as ‘pogrom-. ‘bloodbath-, .racial superiority’. “pick up the gun’ and’fight to the end’ reflect a medieval mindset and not a 21st centuryvision.
4. Prime Minister Khan’s threat of unleashing nuclear devastation qualifiesas brinkmanship, not statesmanship.
