India has strongly rejected Pakistan’s claims about Operation Sindoor at the United Nations, calling them false, misleading, and self-serving. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said Pakistan used the UN platform only to target India and distract the world from its own actions.
Speaking during a UN debate, the Indian envoy said Pakistan’s statements had one clear aim, to harm India’s image internationally. He said Pakistan’s version of Operation Sindoor did not match facts available in the public domain and was an attempt to twist the narrative.
Ambassador Harish explained that Operation Sindoor was a measured and responsible military response by India after a terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in April 2025, in which 26 civilians were killed. He said the operation was carried out to target terrorist infrastructure and prevent further attacks, not to escalate conflict.
Rejecting Pakistan’s allegations of aggression, India pointed out that it was Pakistan’s military that asked for a halt to fighting on May 10, 2025, after the situation intensified. The Indian envoy also referred to widely available satellite images showing damage to Pakistani airbases, which contradict Pakistan’s claims.
A major focus of India’s response was Pakistan’s repeated attempt to normalise terrorism. Ambassador Harish said terrorism can never be accepted as normal and warned the international community against ignoring Pakistan’s continued use of terror as a tool of state policy.
India also dismissed Pakistan’s comments on Jammu and Kashmir, stating clearly that Pakistan has no right to comment on India’s internal matters. On the Indus Waters Treaty, the envoy said India’s decision to keep it in abeyance was due to Pakistan’s long history of violating the spirit of the agreement through conflict and cross-border terrorism.
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