Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2025.
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UNITED NATIONS
India and Pakistan engaged in a back and forth on Saturday (September 27, 2025) evening following India’s address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in the afternoon. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had, in his UNGA statement, accused Pakistan, without naming the country, of being a hub of terrorism and emphasised that it was behind the Pahalgam terror attack in April. India also referred to Pakistan as ‘Terroristan’ in its reply.
Exercising Pakistan’s right of reply, a diplomat for the country accused India of maligning Pakistan and said New Delhi had not provided evidence to Islamabad about its involvement in the Pahalgam attack.
India responded to Pakistan’s intervention.
“It is telling that a neighbour, who was not named, chose to nevertheless respond and admit their longstanding practice of cross-border terrorism,” Rentala Srinivas, a Second Secretary at India’s UN mission said, exercising India’s right of reply on Saturday evening.
“Pakistan’s reputation speaks for itself. It’s fingerprints are so visible in terrorism across so many geographies. It is a menace not only to its neighbours but to the entire world,” the diplomat said, adding, “No arguments or untruths can ever whitewash the crimes of Terroristan.”
Pakistan’s representative made a second intervention, criticising India for distorting its name, calling it a “deliberate attempt to malign and insult an entire people”. He accused India of engaging in destabilizing neighbouring countries via its intelligence agencies.
Published – September 28, 2025 08:29 am IST
