New York: Targetting Pakistan squarely, India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday told the United Nations that Jammu and Kashmir is an inalienable part of the country and nobody can wrest it away by force.
She said India has never set any condition for dialogues but has only tried to strengthen ties, “but in return has got Pathankot and Uri”.
Without mentioning Pakistan, Swaraj said countries have to come together to fight the scourge of terrorism, if some country is not willing then it must be isolated.
She also asserted that terrorism is the biggest violation of human rights.
Referring to the recent attacks in Valley, Swaraj said Kashmir is an integral part of India and Pakistan must stop dreaming about it. In an indirect reference to Balochistan, Swaraj said those who live in glass house should not throw stones at others.
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Ms Swaraj's speech was made days after Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif targeted India at the UN General Assembly, accusing it of human rights atrocities in Kashmir in the weeks after the killing of 22-year-old militant Burhan Wani, which triggered over a month of violent clashes between security forces and residents outraged by Wani's death.
The Foreign Minister hurled criticism at Mr Sharif for his comments, and said that despite two years of an unprecedented outreach, India has been meted a series of deadly terror attacks by Pakistan, most recently at the army camp in Uri near the border in Kashmir, where 18 soldiers were killed just days ago.
She said as gestures of friendship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited Mr Sharif to his oath-taking ceremony in 2014, has recently sent him Eid greeetings, and wished him after his heart surgery. "And what did we get in return? Pathankot, Bahadur Ali, and Uri," she said, listing the attack this month and at an air force base in January in which seven military personnel were killed.
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