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- Sushma is also trying to create a "connection" between Hafiz Saeed and the 2008 Bombay attack
NEW YORK: Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj told the United Nations General Assembly that the "brain" of the Mumbai terrorist attack in 2008 was still roiling the streets of Pakistan with impunity, even though the perpetrators September 11 terrorist attacks in New York had faced their fate.
"Pakistan's commitment to terrorism as an official policy instrument has not diminished at all. Hypocrisy is also not a belief, "she said in her address to the general debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly.
Sushma described terrorism as an "existential threat" to humanity. "We had imagined that the arrival of the 21st century would bring an era of common good, defined by cooperation in the quest for peace and prosperity. But here in New York, the terrible tragedy of September 11 and Mumbai, the disaster of 26/11 became the nightmares that turned our dreams upside down, "she said.
Sushma Swaraj's heated speech comes one day after his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, expressed his disappointment at India's rejection of Prime Minister Imran Khan's offer to resume peace talks following the re-election. diplomatic embarrassment at the informal meeting of SAARC Foreign Ministers in New York.
Sushma said the "demon of terrorism" was now tracking the world, at a faster pace somewhere, at a slower pace elsewhere, but threatening life all over the world. "In our case, terrorism does not develop in a distant country, but on the other side of our western border. Our neighbor's expertise is not limited to the spawning grounds of terrorism; it's also an expert in the attempt to mask malevolence with verbal duplicity, "she said.
The Indian minister told world leaders that the most startling evidence of what Pakistan saw as "duplicity" was the fact that Al Qaeda's founder, Osama bin Laden, had been given a "safe haven" in the country. country. Even after the "most wanted terrorist" was killed by US special forces, Pakistan continues to behave as if nothing has happened, she said.
"America has declared that Osama bin Laden is his most dangerous enemy and has launched a comprehensive search around the world to bring him to justice. What America may not have understood is that Osama would get a refuge in a country that claimed to be America's friend and ally, "she said.
Eventually, US intelligence discovered the truth about this hypocrisy and its special forces did justice. "What is encouraging is that the world is no longer ready to believe Islamabad," she said, citing the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to warn Pakistan to its financing of terrorism.
