Shehbaz Sharif making false accusations to obfuscate Pak misdeeds: India

India responded sharply to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's remark at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), saying that a country that claims to seek peace with its neighbours would never sponsor cross-border terrorism nor would it shelter planners of the horrific Mumbai terrorist attack.

The statement came after India exercised the Right of Reply in the 77th session of the UNGA debate on Friday to respond to Sharif, who had raked up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.

"It is regrettable that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has chosen the platform of this august assembly to make false accusations against India," said Mijito Vinito, first secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN. "He has done so to obfuscate misdeeds in his own country and to justify actions against India that the world considers unacceptable."


In his address, Sharif reiterated that Pakistan wants to have peace with India but added that long-lasting, enduring peace can only be "ensured and guaranteed" through a just and fair solution to the issue of Kashmir under the UN Charter and Security Council resolutions.

"Polity that claims it seeks peace with its neighbours would never sponsor cross-border terrorism, nor would it shelter planners of the Mumbai terrorist attack, disclosing their existence only under pressure from the international community," said Vinito.

He said such a country would not make unjustified and untenable territorial claims against neighbours and seek to illegally integrate it with its own.