India has requested Pakistan to focus on addressing its inner issues moderately than elevating the Kashmir subject and indulging in frivolous allegations in opposition to New Delhi.

“To best utilise this council’s time, I suggest the concerned delegation concentrate on addressing their internal matters and restoring order within their own borders, rather than indulging in frivolous allegations against my country,” R Madhu Sudan, a Counsellor in India’s UN Mission, instructed members of the Security Council on Thursday.

Madhu Sudan was responding to the difficulty of Kashmir raised by a Pakistani consultant throughout the UN Security Council’s Open Debate on Famine and Conflict-Induced Global Food Insecurity.

“Unfortunately we saw one delegation misuse this forum yet again, to divert the attention of this council from the important topic of food security,” he said in his remarks, adding that one delegation consistently sought to exploit various United Nations platforms to further its agenda.

Emphasising that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India is non-negotiable, Madhu Sudan deemed it unnecessary to further engage in arguments or debates with those who resort to terrorism to advance their unlawful goals.

He advised Pakistan to address internal matters and restore order within its own borders “rather than indulging in frivolous allegations against my country”.

India and Pakistan have a strained relationship over a number of issues including Islamabad’s continued support of cross-border terrorism and the Kashmir issue.

India asserts that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and can” at all times be a part of the nation.

Bilateral relations between Islamabad and New Delhi have been tense since August 2019 when India modified the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir.