‘The first issue is terrorism, then anything else’, Indian Ambassador bluntly tells Pakistan in UN

India in UN: India’s Ambassador to the United Nations has said that the first issue in talks with Pakistan is to stop terrorism. He underlined that India has been a victim of cross-border terrorism and global terrorism for a long time and has a zero tolerance policy towards terrorism.

“Our main issue with Pakistan is terrorism,” India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Parvataneni Harish said during a conversation on Tuesday (November 19) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Delivered the keynote address at an event on the topic ‘Responding to major global challenges: India’s way’. In response to a question asked on Pakistan during an interactive session after the keynote address, Harish said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Had tried to establish contact with Pakistan.

‘Terrorist activities in India have broken the trust’

Parvataneni Harish said, “Terrorist activities in India have broken the trust. The first issue in talks with Pakistan is to stop terrorism. This is an important issue.” The event was co-sponsored by the MPA Program in Global Leadership and International Organization and United Nations Study Program (IO/UNS) and was attended by students, faculty and policy experts. In his address, Harish emphasized that terrorism is a big issue on the global stage.

‘India has been a victim of global terrorism’

Parvataneni Harish said, “India has long been a victim of cross-border and global terrorism.” Harish described terrorism as an “existential threat” to humanity, which knows neither borders, nor nationality and There can be no justification for this. Terrorism can be countered only with international cooperation.

What is India’s policy regarding terrorism?

On India’s approach in dealing with terrorism, Harish underlined that the country’s main focus has been on taking its international partners along to deal with terrorism. He emphasized that India has a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism.

‘We don’t want 9/11 and 26/11’

Emphasizing that ‘justice delayed is justice denied’, Harish said the ultimate goal is “that this should never happen again.” We don’t want 9/11, which is what happened here. We don’t want 26/11 which happened in Mumbai.” He also referred to the terrorist attacks carried out by Al Qaeda on the World Trade Center Twin Towers in Manhattan and by Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Mentioned the terrorist attacks carried out.

He called it unfortunate that now the number of nuclear weapons we have has increased. He said, ‘India has always been in favor of universal, verifiable, non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament. We do not believe that you can create a nuclear weapons-free zone in a world where the means of delivery are global, so we are in favor of universal disarmament. Certainly verifiable and non-discriminatory.

What about non-nuclear weapon countries?

The Indian Ambassador said, India adheres to the policy of no first use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapon states and maintaining a credible minimum deterrent based on non-use. “This is a big issue in recent years and is definitely a new threat,” he said. The international community is being called upon to cooperate in coming up with measures to prevent terrorists from obtaining weapons of mass destruction.

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