TIL Desk/National/New Delhi-Seeking to isolate Pakistan on the world stage, India Monday told the United Nations “there are nations that still speak the language of terrorism, that nurture it, peddle it and export it” and “should have no place in the comity of nations” because they are “as culpable as the very terrorists they harbour”.
Raising the issue of human rights violations in Balochistan possibly the first time at the UN General Assembly by an Indian foreign minister External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj countered Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s statements on Kashmir and said “terrorism is undoubtedly the biggest violation of human rights”. She also sent Pakistan a blunt message on Kashmir: “Abandon this dream… Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and will always remain so.”
“Those accusing others of human rights violations would do well to introspect and see what egregious abuses they are perpetrating in their own country, including in Balochistan. The brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of state oppression. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others,” Swaraj said to a round of applause.
Taking on Sharif for claiming that India was insisting on pre-conditions for resumption of the dialogue process, the External Affairs Minister cited India’s initiatives from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to Sharif for his swearing-in ceremony to his Lahore trip.
