UNITED NATIONS, May 27: India on Tuesday told the United Nations Security Council that Pakistan will have to accept the “consequences” of sponsoring cross-border terrorism, asserting that New Delhi has every right to defend itself against terror attacks emanating from across the border.
Responding to remarks made by Pakistan during a UNSC debate, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Harish Parvathaneni, said India was compelled to “set the facts straight” against what he described as baseless and unwarranted allegations.
Addressing the meeting on “Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centred international system”, chaired by Wang Yi under China’s presidency of the Security Council, Parvathaneni said independent India began its journey facing cross-border aggression from Pakistan.
He said Pakistan’s continued use of terrorism and its doctrine of “bleeding India by a thousand cuts” exposed the hollowness of its commitment to the UN Charter.
“India has every right to defend itself from such cross-border terrorism. Pakistan will have to accept that there are consequences to its sponsorship of cross-border terrorism,” he said.
The remarks came after Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar raised the issues of Jammu and Kashmir and the Indus Waters Treaty during the debate.
India had placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance following the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 civilians were killed. The attack was claimed by The Resistance Front, considered a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Parvathaneni further accused Pakistan of violating the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and peaceful coexistence through wars, unprovoked aggression and continued support for terrorism.
“Pakistan’s harnessing of terrorism, religious extremism, violent radicalism and anti-India rhetoric has continued unabated since its creation. Pakistan must credibly and irrevocably end its support for all forms of terrorism,” India said.
