NEW YORK – Top Indian diplomat in United Nations has lashed out at Pakistanover the Occupied Kashmir issue amid rising tensions.
He has equated Pakistan to ‘one-trick’ pony’ while talking about theKashmir issue and Pakistan’s stance on it, reported Indian newspaper *FinancialExpress.link*
The remark came when Pakistan expected to highlight the Kashmir issueduring the high-level UN General Assembly session this week, India said a“one-trick pony” can “regurgitate” the same act but “single act plays” haveno resonance on multi-lateral platforms like the United Nations.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin saidthe UN General Assembly session is a global platform to address globalissues, yet each country is sovereign and can do what they feel is in theirbest interests.
“If somebody else would like to be a one-trick pony, it is for them toregurgitate and act. We have handled this act many times in the past andare confident that we will do so again,” Akbaruddin told reporters hereSunday. He was responding to a question on Pakistan expected to highlightthe Kashmir issue “at a higher decibel” during the high-level session ofthe 73rd UN General Assembly beginning at the world body’s headquartersMonday.
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“Our contention is that the UN works best on multilateralism andmulti-lateral platforms work best when nations work in partnerships.“Single act plays have no resonance in such matters.
Anybody can try and be a solo player. However solo players in amulti-lateral context have neither the past nor a future,” he said addingthat it is a country’s call on how they spend the time allocated to themduring the UNGA session.
