India will reassert Kashmir position: Tharoor (Lead)
October 13th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANSThiruvananthapuram, Oct 13 (IANS) India will reassert its position on Kashmir if Pakistan raises the issue again at the United Nations, former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Thaoor said here Wednesday,
Pakistan brought up the Kashmir issue at the UN last month when its Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi addressed the General Assembly.
Tharoor, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram who is to lead a delegation of Indian lawmakers to the UN in the coming week, said Pakistan might again raise the Kashmir issue at the international forum.
“If they raise this issue, we will give our opinions at the UN itself,” UN’s former under-secretary general told reporters here.
He said that it was really good that India was becoming a non-permanent member of the Security Council.
“The last time we were there in 1990-91, a lot of international issues like the Iran-Iraq war and the crumbling of the Soviet block all took place,” he said.
“We do not know what will happen in the next two years that we are there. India’s voice on international issues has to (be heard) and it is good we are there,” said Tharoor.
“We are one of the 15 countries in the Security Council and the only thing we will not have is the veto power which vests with five countries (permanent members),” he said.
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