The Prime Minister also extended support to the demands of Kashmiri people for self determination and called on the UN Security Council to hold free and fair plebiscite.
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On being asked whether cancelling the Indus water treaty with Pakistan was an option, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup, during a media briefing on Thursday, said: “Eventually any cooperative arrangement requires goodwill and cooperation on both sides”.
Gambhir reminded the United Nations that the trail of the most “horrifying” and “dastardly terror attack” of 9/11 led all the way to Abbottabad in Pakistan, where Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been hiding for years and was killed by U.S. forces.
“The whole world needs to sit down and realise that unless and until they deal with Pakistan, terrorism in the world won’t go away”, he added.
That attack escalated tensions between India and Pakistan and provoked calls for revenge, with New Delhi blaming Islamabad-backed militants for the deadly strike, an allegation Pakistan strongly denied.
Sharif in his speech said that Pakistan is ready to “walk the extra mile” for dialogue with India, but New Delhi imposes unacceptable pre-conditions for talks. “It has become Indian habit to point accusing fingers at Pakistan after every such incident in India”, he said.
While responding to a question about Pakistan being designated as a terrorist state by the U.S., he said that the Bill was introduced by two American lawmakers – Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Dana Rohrabacher – and India hopes that it will be treated with seriousness.
Indian soldiers on Wednesday searched areas near the de facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan where two gunbattles with suspected rebels raged for half a day, the Indian army said.
According to a readout of his meeting with Kerry by the Pakistan mission, Sharif told him that more than 107 people have been “assassinated” in Kashmir, thousands injured and “worst human rights violations are being committed at the state level”.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has accused India of putting “unacceptable” conditions on holding talks with Pakistan amid increased tensions between the South Asian neighbors.
As the clamour for “diplomatic isolation” grew louder in the backdrop of the ongoing UNGA meet, Swarup said India has got support from all the neighbouring countries.
“Burhan Wani, the young leader murdered by Indian forces, has emerged as the symbol of the latest Kashmiri intifada, a popular and peaceful freedom movement, led by Kashmiris”, said Sharif.
To Lodhi’s uncompromising line, Azad Kashmir president Masood Khan also added his own bit by stating that Pakistan was a strong nuclear state, and that any adventurism on India’s part would prove its own undoing.
Terrorist entities and their leaders, many of whom the United Nations has designated as terrorists, continue to roam Pakistan’s streets freely and operate with State support, India said.
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However, she said it had been conveyed to the US Secretary of State that the proposals which were expected from Pakistan should also be implemented by India.
