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The United Nations Security Council has virtually rejected Pakistan's request that it intervene to defuse Indo-Pak tension, and asked Islamabad to crack down on terrorist groups operating in Kashmir.
Pakistan's request found no support among the 15 members of the Security Council, who stress that Kashmir is a bilateral issue and should be resolved by the two nations concerned.
UNSC diplomats said that in the opinion of the council, the immediate issue is the need for Pakistan to crack down on the terrorist groups who have been killing innocent people in Kashmir. Fighting terrorism, they stressed, is the immediate priority.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Shamshad Ahmed Khan, had sought UNSC intervention to ease tensions between the two countries in course of a meeting with council president for the month, Ambassador Jugdish Koonjal Dharmachand of Mauritius.
Dharmachand briefed the other representatives about the Pakistan request in course of a closed door meeting to discuss "other matters", after the council had concluded its official business for the day on Tuesday.
Council diplomats said there was no discussion, as none of the members showed any interest. The practise, diplomats said, was for the president to brief the other members about his various meetings, and in the event the members showed interest, to then table the subject for discussion.
In this instance, the members responded with silence and the issue was shelved within a minute, council diplomats said.
PTI
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