ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Monday India was in breach of its obligation as the United Nations Security Council’s president as it denied Pakistan’s request to brief the forum on the situation and its role in Afghanistan.
The foreign minister was referring to the UNSC’s meeting last week on Afghanistan’s deteriorating situation, where Kabul had accused Islamabad of making its land a safe haven for Taliban fighters, which Pakistan had later termed “mere fantasies”.
FM Qureshi, addressing a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Pakistan should have been invited to the UNSC’s meeting on Afghanistan as the country was not only a neighbour, but it has suffered the most after Afghanistan.
The foreign minister noted Pakistan was one of the biggest stakeholders in peace and stability in Afghanistan and has been facilitating the peace process in the war-torn country.
“We had made a request to be present there, but unfortunately, it was not accepted,” he said, adding that at the time of India assuming the UNSC presidency, Pakistan had asked it to operate objectively.
