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Pakistan says India’s actions raise regional risk, urges U.N.-supervised Kashmir plebiscite
Summary
A representative of Pakistan told the U.N. Security Council that recent Indian measures and rhetoric have increased the risk of escalation, called for an independent investigation of an April incident and urged implementation of U.N. resolutions, including a U.N.-supervised plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir.
Representative of Pakistan told the United Nations Security Council that rising rhetoric, “military posturing,” and recent unilateral Indian measures have heightened the risk of confrontation between India and Pakistan and threatened regional and global peace.
The representative said the council meeting had three objectives: discuss the deteriorating security environment, exchange views to avoid confrontation and de-escalate, and recall the unresolved Jammu and Kashmir dispute and relevant U.N. resolutions. "The core of the regional instability is the unresolved Jammu and Kashmir dispute," the representative said.
The statement said Pakistan "came to the council with a message of peace, not provocation," while asserting that it was prepared to defend its…
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