Pakistan has expressed regret to the United Nations (UN) Disarmament Commission about New Delhi’s weapons purchases and aggressive military posture, claiming that these actions have made the security situation in South Asia “volatile and explosive” and pose a threat to regional stability.
Munir Akram, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, stated during a meeting of the intergovernmental organization’s subsidiary body that “the security environment in South Asia has deteriorated sharply in recent years, as the region’s largest state has embarked on a program of massive armament.”
Ambassador Akram emphasized that India has embraced war-fighting doctrines including “Cold Start,” which calls for an unexpected strike on Pakistan, and a “limited war under the nuclear overhang,” saying that New Delhi is currently the world’s largest importer of weapons, with supplies coming from its ‘strategic partners’ with nuclear, missiles, conventional and other destabilising weapons.”
His words follow the election of Usman Jadoon of Pakistan as the head of the Disarmament Commission for the 2024 session. To discuss disarmament-related matters, the Commission, a body under the UN General Assembly, convened for a three-week session on Monday.
Regarding the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) dispute, the envoy stated that the situation for regional security has significantly deteriorated due to the decades-long conflict in which not only are the rights of Kashmiris brutally suppressed, but also to the deployment of two armies in close proximity and the introduction of significant destabilizing weapons.
