New York
\nWith Pakistan expected to rake up the Kashmir issue during the high-level UN General Assembly session this week, India said a \u201cone-trick pony\u201d could \u201cregurgitate\u201d the same act but \u201csingle act plays\u201d had no resonance on multi-lateral platforms like the United Nations.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said the UN General Assembly session is a global platform to address global issues, yet each country is sovereign and could do what they feel is in their best interests.
\n\u201cIf somebody else would like to be a one-trick pony, it is for them to regurgitate and act. We have handled this act many times in the past and are confident that we will do so again,\u201d Akbaruddin told reporters here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He was responding to a question on Pakistan expected to rake up the Kashmir issue \u201cat a higher decibel\u201d during the high-level session of the 73rd UN General Assembly beginning at the world body\u2019s headquarters on Monday.
\n\u201cOur contention is that the UN works best on multilateralism and multi-lateral platforms work best when nations work in partnerships.<\/p>\n
\u201cSingle-act plays have no resonance in such matters. Anybody can try and be a solo player. However, solo players in a multi-lateral context have neither the past nor a future,\u201d he said, adding that it is a country\u2019s call on how they spent the time allocated to them during the UNGA session.<\/p>\n
India works in partnerships, Akbaruddin said, adding that India is proud that its priorities during the General Assembly had great resonance in the international community.<\/p>\n
Pakistan has consistently used the platform of the UN General Assembly to rake up the Kashmir issue and its leaders have sought to internationalise it during their addresses in the General Debate. India responds strongly to Pakistan, whose attempts to raise the Kashmir issue every year at the multi-lateral forum have found no resonance with the international community.<\/p>\n
Following India\u2019s acceptance of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s request for a meeting, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi were slated to meet on the sidelines of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n
However, India called off the meeting, citing the brutal killings of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad releasing postage stamps \u201cglorifying\u201d Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani.<\/p>\n
Khan had tweeted that he is disappointed at the \u201carrogant and negative\u201d response by India to his call for resumption of the peace dialogue.<\/p>\n
When asked about Khan\u2019s response, Akbaruddin said India is a multi-literalist nation and responds to multi-lateral issues of a global nature that it is confronted with. \u201cWhat you have raised is an issue relating to our bilateral ties. Those will be addressed bilaterally in the format that we desire to address them.\u201d<\/p>\n
On whether India would raise strongly the issue of cross-border terrorism during the UNGA session, Joint Secretary for UN Political in the Ministry of External Affairs Dinesh Patnaik said the issue of cross-border terrorism had been raised by the country since 1996 when it put in the idea of the Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism. Akbaruddin said the scourge had been and is a concern for India.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a global concern. Terrorism is threatening countries across vast spades of land in diverse continents,\u201d he said, adding that terror outfits such as Boko Haram and Islamic State are a threat to several countries across Africa and West Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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