FO says the comments sought to undermine internationally recognized facts; undermine peace and security
Pakistan on Monday warned that India “must not underestimate the unwavering resolve and determination of the people and Government of Pakistan to thwart any Indian adventurism”, saying the Indian Defense Minister’s comments on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute distorted internationally recognized facts and reflected New Delhi’s policy of threatening regional peace and security, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (FO).
In the statement, the FO said Pakistan “condemns in the strongest possible terms the highly provocative and irresponsible comments of the Indian Defense Minister in the context of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.”
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Pakistan condemns statements by Indian defense minister
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The FO said the Indian minister’s statement “not only distorts the facts relating to the UN and the internationally recognized dispute of Jammu and Kashmir which remains on the agenda of the UN Security Council”, but also “shows the Indian government’s deliberate policy to threaten regional and international peace and security”.
According to the statement, the comments were an attempt to divert attention from India’s own actions. The FO said, “Such insinuations are an attempt to divert attention from India’s continued occupation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), its sponsorship of terrorism across the region as well as its internal instability.”
Rejecting what it described as India’s “unwarranted rhetoric of aggression and belligerence”, the Ministry of External Affairs warned that India “must not underestimate the unwavering resolve and determination of the people and Government of Pakistan to thwart any Indian adventurism”. He added that this determination had already been demonstrated by “the entire Pakistani nation and its brave armed forces during Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos last year.”
The FO further urged the international community to take note of India’s conduct, saying Pakistan “urges the international community, particularly the United Nations, to take note of India’s continued unruly behavior and hold it accountable for its failure to uphold the relevant UN Security Council resolutions guaranteeing the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.”
Read: Asif rejects Indian Defense Minister’s statements on Kashmir
The statement reiterated Pakistan’s position that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains an internationally recognized issue on the agenda of the UN Security Council and maintained that the relevant UN resolutions guarantee the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. He said the Indian defense minister’s comments sought to undermine these internationally recognized facts and reflected policies that Pakistan believes endanger both regional and international peace and security.
The FO’s condemnation came a day after Defense Minister Khawaja Asif rejected the same comments by his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh, saying they could neither alter the internationally recognized disputed status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) nor change established legal realities.
India’s continued attempts to rewrite internationally recognized legal realities through coercive rhetoric cannot alter the facts. Pakistan categorically rejects the irresponsible statements of the Indian Defense Minister. Such statements reflect a continuing attempt to distort…
– Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) July 26, 2026
In a statement published in X on Sunday, Asif said India’s attempts to misrepresent internationally recognized legal facts through “intimidation and threatening rhetoric” would not change the reality on the ground. He said Pakistan “categorically rejects the irresponsible statements made by the Indian Defense Minister”, describing them as another attempt to distort internationally recognized legal facts through “political rhetoric and coercive posturing”.
He also reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the internationally recognized legal framework governing the Kashmir dispute, saying Islamabad rejected any attempt to undermine it through unilateral statements or political rhetoric.
