"To de-militarize Kashmir is not the answer, to de-terrorize Pakistan is," tweeted External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup after Sharif's address
Unleashing a scathing attack on Pakistan for comparing Kashmir issue with that of Palestine at the UN General Assembly session in New York, the government as well as opposition on Thursday rejected Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's four-point peace formula that called for de-militarising Kashmir and assigning fresh role to UN Military Observer Group to monitor cease-fire violations.
"To de-militarize Kashmir is not the answer, to de-terrorize Pakistan is," tweeted External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup after Sharif's address. He said Pakistan has misused the UNGA forum and distorted the reality by portraying a false picture of the region. "Pak PM gets foreign occupation right, occupier wrong. We urge early vacation of Pak-occupied Kashmir," he said referring to illegal occupation areas including Gilgit and Baltistan in PoK.
On Sharif's proposal to allow UN Military Observer Group to monitor ceasefire violations, he said the world knows that the "primary reason for firing is to provide cover to terrorists crossing the border. Swarup further tweeted that Pakistan's "instability arises from its breeding of terrorists. Blaming neighbours is not a solution."
Congress spokesperson RPN Singh reminded Pakistan that 1972 Simla Agreement between then Indian PM Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto has bound them to find solutions to unresolved issues through a bilateral mechanism. "There is no question of involving any third party in any India-Pakistan engagement," he said, describing Sharif's diatribe at the UN as his government's desperate bid to score points.
Earlier, exercising India's Right of Reply during the General Debate of 70th session of UN General Assembly, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Abhishek Singh said Pakistan was actually a victim of its own policies of breeding and sponsoring terrorists. "The heart of the matter is a state that regards the use of terrorism as a legitimate instrument of statecraft. The world watches with concern as its consequences have spread beyond its immediate neighbourhood," said Singh's intervention, the copies of which were released here. "All of us stand prepared to help, if only the creators of this monster wake up to the dangers of what they have done to themselves," Singh said, adding that Pakistan was seeking to mask its activities as though an outcome of domestic discontent in Jammu and Kashmir carries no credibility with the world.
He further added that it is not uncommon for states, when confronted with serious challenges, to shift responsibility on others. "That is the case with Pakistan and terrorism, reflecting the inability to recognise that this is a home grown problem that has begun to bite the hand that fed it. We agree that terrorism has underlying causes – in this case, poverty of wisdom and ignorance of consequences," he said.
The officer also pointed out that India's reservations about the proposed China-Pakistan economic corridor stem from the fact that it passes through Indian territory "illegally occupied" by Pakistan for many years.
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