India, June 24 -- India strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations, rejecting what it described as "unwarranted" remarks on Jammu and Kashmir and asserting that the Union Territory remains an internal matter of the country. The sharp exchange took place during an Arria-formula meeting of the UN Security Council on the implementation of Security Council resolutions and global peace efforts.

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said Pakistan had attempted to politicise the forum by raising the Kashmir issue. He reiterated New Delhi's long-standing position that "Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will remain" an integral and inalienable part of India.

During the meeting, India also called for a re...