When India’s Akbaruddin Stumped Pakistani Journalists

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India’s ambassador to the UN surprised Pakistani journalists with this rare gesture after the Security Council’s informal, closed-door meeting on Kashmir.

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00:00Just relax, I will start with you.

00:03When will you begin a dialogue with Pakistan?

00:07So let me begin by coming across to you and shaking your hand.

00:30What are the matters related to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution?

01:00It has been almost time immemorial.

01:03When are you going to sit down with Pakistan and have a meeting?

01:07And that's the reality.

01:09Can I answer the question? Let's be specific about questions.

01:14If your question is whether India and Pakistan have talked, let me tell you,

01:18I have been a member of many delegations to Islamabad. You are aware of that.

01:23I myself served as an Indian diplomat in Islamabad.

01:26So please understand, there are normal diplomatic ways of dealing with countries

01:32when countries deal with each other. That's the way to do it.

01:36But using terror to try and push your goals is not the way that normal states behave.

01:46No democracy will acknowledge or accept talks when terror thrives.

01:53Stop terror to start talks.

01:56You wanted me?

01:59And so that you will not have any doubts that I have answered three Pakistani questions.

02:03When will you begin a dialogue with Pakistan?

02:07So let me begin by coming across to you and shaking your hand.

02:16So let me tell you, we have already extended a hand of friendship by saying

02:20we are committed to similar agreement. Let us wait for a response on that from the Pakistani side.

02:26How India is going to address the will of the Kashmiri people?

02:32So let me tell you, there is something called prevention is better than cure.

02:36The measures that we took were preventive in nature.

02:43They were designed to stop terrorists from bleeding our people.

02:49You noticed that in the 10 days that have passed, there are no casualties.

02:56There are no fatalities.

02:59That's because every effort was made to work to ensure that our people in Jammu and Kashmir

03:09are not adversely affected in terms of their lives.

03:12Yes, there is always a difficulty that sometimes these will lead to restrictions.

03:18We acknowledge that. We are an open society. We acknowledge that.

03:21But it's a balance of choice that the administrators on the ground should make.

03:27Not journalists here or diplomats here.

03:30You talked about Pakistan promoting extremist elements in the region.

03:34What do you have to say about the international organization accusing Indian troops

03:39and soldiers committing human rights violations in Indian-administrated Kashmir?

03:43I don't know what you're talking of international organization.

03:46The UN didn't say anything. I don't go by...

03:49Well, madam, yes, let's go one by one. Let's go.

03:54Please, please, I will answer. Right.

03:57There is nobody, nobody, which is inter-governmental in nature,

04:04which has accused India of anything that you're saying. Anything.

04:09Thank you very much.

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