India delivered a stinging message to Pakistan at the United Nations on Wednesday, telling Islamabad to focus on development rather than “coveting territory”
of other countries and “exporting terror”. Taking a swipe at Pakistan’s economic troubles, Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi said neither terrorism nor “theatrics” at the UN would help the country repay its loans. “Pakistan would better serve its people by focusing on development, rather than by coveting territory of others or exporting terror, because neither these, nor its theatrics in the Council, would help repay the loans its economy survives on,” Tyagi said. Tyagi also accused Pakistan of failing to address the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir when scores of civilians were killed in June during protests. The protests led to severe humanitarian shortages during which demonstrators and leaders accused Islamabad of blocking essential supplies of food, fuel, and medicine. "This Council was told last Friday of scores of civilians killed since June in the territory Pakistan occupies, of students arrested in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and of food and medicine held back. When those accounts were given, Pakistan's answer was a point of order. If any delegation in this room meets every objective criterion for this Council's scrutiny, it is Pakistan", Tyagi stated.
Further, India reiterated that the Union Territory will always remain an integral part of India and called upon Pakistan to vacate the territories it occupies.
He also spoke on the issue of the displacement of Kashmiris and accused Pakistan of training, arming and sending terrorists across the border.
"Those same terrorists have since killed Kashmiris of every faith, many of them Muslim. The State that sponsored them is now asking this Council for an inquiry. The irony will not be lost on this Council", Tyagi said.
