India strongly rejected Pakistan’s repeated references to Jammu & Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council on peace peacekeeping reforms. 

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, called the remarks “unwarranted” and reiterated that “Jammu & Kashmir was, is, and will always be an integral part of India.”

“India is compelled to note that the delegate of Pakistan has yet again resorted to unwarranted remarks on the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir” Mr. Harish added. “Such repeated references neither validate their illegal claims nor justify their state-sponsored cross-border terrorism.”

He also advised Pakistan not to misuse international forums for pushing it's “parochial and divisive agenda” and further reminded the UN that Pakistan continues to occupy a portion of J&K and that it must vacate it.

The response followed Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to Pakistan's Prime Minister, raising the issue of Kashmir during the Security Council discussion on the future of UN peacekeeping missions.