New Delhi: Pakistan has defended terrorism on the UN Security Council on Tuesday, claiming that it’s “legitimate” when carried out by “people living under foreign occupation” and tried to equate Kashmir with Palestine. India dismissed Pakistan’s remarks “with contempt” and refused to answer them. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative R. Ravindra stated: “There was a remark of habitual nature by one delegation referring to union territories that are integral parts of my country. I will treat these commands with contempt and not dignify them with a response in the interest of time.” Pakistan all the time brings up the Kashmir concern on the UN, however will get no help.
Pakistan’s Logic Of Terrorism
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Munir Akram stated that Pakistan “condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations”, however added that “under international law, the struggle of people living under foreign occupation for self-determination and national liberation is legitimate and cannot be equated with terrorism”. He additionally criticized the US and different nations which have taken a robust stand towards terrorism and backed India when it confronted terrorist assaults from Pakistan or Israel when it suffered from terrorism from varied sources. “Some in this council have offered protection to their allies who are oppressing occupied people in Palestine and in Kashmir,” he stated.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked about the 26/11 Mumbai assault by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and stated that the Council and the General Assembly “have repeatedly affirmed, all acts of terrorism are unlawful and unjustifiable”.
Akram stated that “under the UN Charter, states have the right of self-defence against attacks on their sovereignty and territorial integrity”, however “a state which is in forcible occupation of a foreign territory cannot invoke the right to self-defence against those whose territory it has illegally occupied”.
This is the flawed logic of Pakistan and another nations that terrorists thought of by a rustic to be “freedom fighters” usually are not terrorists. This has prevented the adoption of a world conference towards terrorism proposed by India. “Any attempt to create a false equivalence between Israel, the occupying power, and the Palestinians, the victims of this occupation, is untenable legally morally and politically,” Akram asserted.
Pakistan’s Silence On Hamas
While strongly condemning Israel’s air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza, Akram didn’t condemn Hamas for its terrorist assaults on Israelis that killed 1,400 individuals, most of them civilians, and took greater than 200 hostage. He additionally blamed Washington with out naming it for its veto of the Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause within the Israel-Hamas battle. “We regret that the Security Council has been unable to issue a call for a ceasefire,” he stated. “A heavy responsibility rests on those who contribute to the prolongation of this conflict.”
