UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27: India has strongly rejected Pakistan’s claims at the United Nations, asserting that Islamabad’s military had “pleaded” for cessation of hostilities during Operation Sindoor and reiterating that no third party has any role in issues between the two neighbours.

The sharp response came from Petal Gahlot, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, who on Friday exercised India’s Right of Reply at the General Debate of the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Her remarks followed Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s address in which he credited former US President Donald Trump with preventing a war in South Asia.

“This Assembly witnessed absurd theatrics in the morning from the prime minister of Pakistan, who once again glorified terrorism that is so centr

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