New York [US], December 16, 2025: India on Monday (local time) delivered a stinging
rebuttal to Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on
“Leadership for Peace”, firmly rejecting Islamabad’s claims over Jammu and
Kashmir’s “unresolved disputes” as “unwarranted”, reiterating that the Union Territory
along with Ladakh are an integral and inalienable part of India, and emphasising that
they “were, are, and will always remain so.”
Referring to Pakistan’s comments during the debate, India’s Permanent
Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, labelled Pakistan as the
“global epicentre of terror” while calling it out for using the UN platform to further its
“obsessive focus on harming India and its people.”
He added that Pakistan, pursuing a divisive agenda, undermines its international
responsibilities as a non-permanent UNSC member.
“I refer to the statement made by the representative of Pakistan today. India would
like to reiterate that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are an
integral and inalienable part of India. They were, are, and will always remain
so. Pakistan’s unwarranted reference to Jammu & Kashmir in today’s open debate
attests to its obsessive focus on harming India and its people,” the Ambassador said.
“A serving non-permanent Security Council Member that chooses to further this
obsession in all meetings and platforms of the UN in pursuit of its divisive agenda
cannot be expected to fulfil its designated responsibilities and obligations,” he added.
Highlighting Pakistan’s long record of sponsoring terrorism, the Indian envoy strongly
defended New Delhi’s decision to place the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance.
He said that although India entered the Treaty 65 years ago in good
faith, Pakistan has repeatedly violated its spirit by waging three wars and
orchestrating thousands of terror attacks against India.
Citing the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 innocent civilians were
killed in a religion-based targeted attack, he said this incident clearly
underscores Pakistan’s continued support for terrorism.
In this context, he stated that India has decided to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in
abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably ends its support for cross-border
terrorism and all other forms of terror.
