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India’s stance at the United Nations Security Council meeting was clear as it ripped into Pakistan for supporting terrorism and fanaticism, saying there should be a “serious cost” to nations who foment cross-border terrorism.

The permanent representative of India to the United Nations in Geneva, Parvathaneni Harish, said during his address at the meeting that was presided over by Pakistan that “it ill behoves a member of the Council to offer homilies while indulging in practices that are unacceptable to the international community”.

Harish said New Delhi had delivered on security, social, and financial parameters, while Islamabad, on the other hand, remained steeped in terrorism, fanaticism, and serial borrowing. 

 

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“India is a responsible actor, and a founding member of the United Nations as always actively engaged constructively with partners, especially at the United Nations, in collectively working towards a more peaceful, prosperous, and a just and equitable world,” said Harish.

Harish’s remarks came during the UNSC's high-level open debate on 'Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes'.

"India is a mature democracy, a surging economy, and a pluralistic and inclusive society. At the other extreme is Pakistan, steeped in fanaticism and terrorism and a serial borrower from the IMF," he said.

Underscoring India’s policy of zero tolerance to terrorism, Harish said this was the country’s fundamental principle and must be recognised and respected.
While talking about the April 22 Pahalgam attack, in which terrorists, purported to be from Pakistan, shot dead 26 innocent civilians, Harish said that India had launched Operation Sindoor and targeted terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (POK).

The military action was "focused, measured, and non-escalatory in nature", he added.

The May hostilities between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam massacre saw cross-border firings and heightened military attacks. The tensions ended three days later, on May 10. India reiterated that it had agreed to a ceasefire at the request of Pakistan, as against claims made by US President Donald Trump who has claimed credit for brokering peace between the two nuclear-armed nations.