New York/IBNS, Sept. 11 -- India has hit back strongly at Switzerland at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) calling the Swiss diplomat's remark on minorities "surprising, shallow and ill-informed".

Meier made the remark at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

India slams Pakistan on Pahalgam

Slamming Pakistan over the terror attack, Tyagi said, "...Our measured and proportionate response to the Pahalagm attack made that sufficiently clear. We need no lessons from a terror sponsor, no sermons from a persecutor of minorities, no advice from a state that has conjured its own credibility.

"India will continue to protect its citizens with unwavering resolve. We will defend our sovereignty without compromise....