United Nations (TDI): Greece, which holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, has said that a council meeting on rising tensions between Pakistan and India may happen “sooner rather than later”, while Islamabad indicated that it is keeping “all options” open, including raising the issue at the UNSC.
“All the options are open, including raising it in the UNSC. We will decide how to react at the appropriate time,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, stated at a media briefing at the United Nations headquarters on Friday while responding to a query from the President of the United Nations Correspondents Association.
Greek Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris made the statement while briefing UN reporters in New York on the UNSC’s work program under the month-long presidency of Greece.
Sekeris stated, “We are in close contact, but this is something which might happen, I would say, sooner rather than later. We will see, we are preparing. He said that a formal request had yet to be submitted but stressed the worth of such a discussion.
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“Of course, if a request comes for a UNSC meeting, then the meeting must be convened, because it could also be an opportunity to have discussions and this might help to de-escalate tensions.”
Pakistan’s ambassador cautioned that the prevailing crisis could escalate rapidly.
“In this highly provocative and politically motivated environment created by New Delhi’s reckless and subverting measures after the Pahalgam attack, there is sensible intelligence indicating towards looming threat of kinetic action by India against Pakistan.”
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He added that Islamabad had already briefed major global stakeholders: “We have briefed the United Nations Secretary-General, Presidents of the UNSC and General Assembly, the OIC Group in New York, and fellow members of the UNSC. We have also shared our position and concerns with different other international partners.”
Farkhund Yousafzai is an Associate Editor at The Diplomatic Insight.
