New York: India on Thursday exercised its ‘right of reply’ against Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly and advised Islamabad to look at its track record as a country providing safe havens to terrorists. At the Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Indian Counselor Prateek Mathur said, “Pakistan has only to look at itself and its track record as a state that harbors terrorists and provides safe haven and that does with impunity.” He also advised the Pakistani delegation to mention the right of reply which India has used in the past. Mathur said, “I am taking the stage to say that India has chosen not to respond to Pakistan’s mischievous provocation at this time. Our advice to the representative of Pakistan is that we have used multiple RORs in the past. ” Describing Pakistan’s unnecessary provocation as ‘regrettable’, Mathur also said that after two days of intense discussion, all the members present in the United Nations have agreed that the only way to resolve conflict and discord can be the path of peace. Is. India’s most wanted Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki was designated as a “global terrorist” in January.
India had made the list of Pak-based terrorists a top priority during its UNSC tenure during 2021-22. A total of five names – Abdul Rehman Makki (LET), Abdul Rauf Asghar (JM), Sajid Mir (LET), Shahid Mehmood (LET), and Talha Saeed (LET) – were submitted by India for designation in 1267. 2022. Each of these five names was initially placed on technical hold by one member state (China), while all other 14 members of the council agreed to their listing.
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According to the US State Department, in 2020, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court convicted Makki on a terrorism financing count and sentenced him to prison. Earlier this month, India’s Indus Commissioner sent a notice to the Pakistani counterpart to notify a date for starting interstate bilateral talks to rectify ongoing material violations of the Indus Waters Treaty, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday. was issued.
He further said that India is not involved in the process of the arbitration court. “We have issued rather our Indus Commissioner of India issued a notice on January 25 to his Pakistani counterpart for amendment to the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. This notice was issued with the intention of providing Pakistan an opportunity to enter into a Govt. Responding to a question on India, Bagchi said, “Government talks, to rectify the ongoing material violations of the treaty. We have called upon Pakistan to notify within 90 days a suitable date for commencement of interstate bilateral negotiations under Article XII(3).” Notice to Pakistan for amendment of the Indus Waters Treaty
Bagchi said, “I am not yet aware of Pakistan’s response. I am not aware of any response or comment by the World Bank.” In response to a media question on New Delhi’s position on the arbitration court. According to sources, India on January 25 issued a notice to Pakistan to amend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of September 1960, as Islamabad’s actions adversely affected the provisions of the treaty.