Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif uses UNGA to target India, hails Trump's 'peace role'

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday devoted his speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on the May conflict with India instead of focusing on any global and substantial issues and hailed US President Donald Trump's role in brokering a ceasefire with India in May, saying that he "truly is a man of peace".

Sharif echoed Trump's repeated claims including from the UNGA podium that he brokered peace between India and Pakistan and went to on hail the role of US President in that episode.

Sharif recalled, "I had warned that Pakistan would act most decisively against any external aggression". "Those words of mine proved true ... In May this year, my country confronted unprovoked aggression from our eastern front...India sought to extract political gains from a human tragedy by spurning my sincere offer of an independent international investigation into the Pahalgam incident. Instead, it attacked our cities and targeted our innocent civilians. When our territorial integrity and our national security were violated, our response was in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter."


He hailed Pakistan's armed forces and the military leadership, saying: "Our valiant armed forces, under the stellar leadership of Field Marshal Asim Munir mounted an operation of stunning professionalism, bravey and acumen. Repelling the enemy's attack under Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Babar Sidhu, our falcons took flight and etched their answer across the skies, resulting in seven of the Indian jets being turned to scrap and dust."