The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on current tensions between India and Pakistan called for “restraint” and “dialogue” between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, news agencies PTI and ANI reported.
Envoys reportedly posed “tough questions” for Islamabad over the involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Pahalgam attack and also refused to accept the “false flag” narrative, news agency PTI reported.
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The meeting also saw a broad condemnation of the terror attack and recognised the need for accountability. Some members reportedly raised the targeting of tourists on the basis of their religious faith, unnamed sources told PTI.
The “closed consultations” were called after Pakistan, a non-permanent member, requested an informal meeting to discuss its tense state of bilateral relations with India after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
India has said it found clear evidence of cross-border linkages to the attack, while Pakistan denied its role and instead expressed readiness for a “neutral” third-party investigation with the involvement of international powers like China and Russia.
