UNGA President is saddened to see a statement from India

The Indian ministry’s reaction has ‘saddened’ United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir. To his remarks regarding the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. Portraying the comments from a selective perspective is saddening, he added.

During the daily noon press briefing, Bozkir’s Deputy Spokesperson, Amy Quantrill, said that the UNGA president’s recent remarks on Jammu and Kashmir were consistent with the long-standing UN position regarding the decades-old dispute.

“See a press statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has ‘saddened’ the President. Which portrayed his remarks on Jammu and Kashmir from a selective perspective,” Quantrill said. “The UNGA president continues to support dialogue and diplomacy. And encourage both Pakistan and India to resolve this dispute through peaceful means,” she added.

The UNGA’s statement comes after the Indian ministry spokesperson reacted sharply to Bozkir’s remarks. That Pakistan is ‘duty-bound to raise the issue in the UN more strongly.

“When an incumbent president of the UNGA makes misleading and prejudiced remarks. He does a great disservice to the office he occupies. Bozkir’s behavior is truly regrettable and surely diminishes his standing on the global platform,” the Indian MEA spokesperson had said.

However, just two days after the Indian ministry’s reaction, the UNGA reiterated what it said earlier, encouraging both Pakistan and India to resolve the dispute through peaceful means.

UNGA President’s visits

Quantrill said that she had just read out the lines that reiterated the president’s position, which was consistent with previous UN positions, as expressed in Security Council resolutions and the UN Charter. The president of UNGA has done visits to Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Also, read about the UNGA president’s visit to Pakistan.

I am pleased to return from successful visits to #Bangladesh and #Pakistan last week.
For more information about my engagements, see the remarks of my Deputy Spokesperson today during the daily noon press briefing. 🇺🇳🇧🇩🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/Q69gVrdeI0

— Volkan BOZKIR (@volkan_bozkir) June 1, 2021