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Pakistan has formally notified the United Nations that it reserves the right to respond to India’s recent missile strikes, carried out in retaliation for last month’s deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir.
India launched the strikes on Wednesday, targeting sites linked to the terrorist group responsible for the 26 civilian deaths.
The Resistance Front (TRF), a known affiliate of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, had claimed responsibility for the assault.
In a statement issued on Tuesday night, Pakistan’s UN mission said it had informed the Security Council that it ‘reserves the right to respond appropriately to this aggression at a time and place of its choosing’, citing the UN Charter.
It conveyed the same message to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Council President Evangelos Sekeris, and General Assembly President Philomen Yang.
Pakistan described India’s missile action as ‘blatant aggression’.
The statement did not clarify whether Pakistan had requested a formal meeting of the Security Council.
However, the Council had earlier convened on Friday for a closed-door consultation on rising tensions between the two countries, following Pakistan’s request.
UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Mohamed Khiari briefed the Council and later described the situation as ‘volatile’.
India’s Ministry of Defence confirmed the operation, dubbed ‘Operation Sindoor’, involved precision strikes on nine terrorist infrastructure sites within Pakistan and the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region.
UN Urges Restraint
In response to the strikes, UN Secretary-General Guterres, through his spokesperson, stressed that the world ‘cannot afford military confrontation between India and Pakistan’ and urged both nations to exercise ‘maximum military restraint’.
Earlier on Monday, Guterres had strongly condemned the Pahalgam attack, stating: “Targeting civilians is unacceptable – and those responsible must be brought to justice through transparent, credible, and lawful means.”
On the ground, the Indian Army reported shelling by Pakistan into Indian territory on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Pakistan claimed it downed five Indian jets, while India maintained it used only missiles and deployed no aircraft in the operation.
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