India’s ambassador to the UN surprised Pakistani journalists with this rare gesture after the Security Council’s informal, closed-door meeting on Kashmir.
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00:00Just relax, I will start with you.
00:03When will you begin a dialogue with Pakistan?
00:07So let me begin by coming across to you and shaking your hand.
00:30What are the matters related to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution?
01:00It has been almost time immemorial.
01:03When are you going to sit down with Pakistan and have a meeting?
01:07And that's the reality.
01:09Can I answer the question? Let's be specific about questions.
01:14If your question is whether India and Pakistan have talked, let me tell you,
01:18I have been a member of many delegations to Islamabad. You are aware of that.
01:23I myself served as an Indian diplomat in Islamabad.
01:26So please understand, there are normal diplomatic ways of dealing with countries
01:32when countries deal with each other. That's the way to do it.
01:36But using terror to try and push your goals is not the way that normal states behave.
01:46No democracy will acknowledge or accept talks when terror thrives.
01:53Stop terror to start talks.
01:56You wanted me?
01:59And so that you will not have any doubts that I have answered three Pakistani questions.
02:03When will you begin a dialogue with Pakistan?
02:07So let me begin by coming across to you and shaking your hand.
02:16So let me tell you, we have already extended a hand of friendship by saying
02:20we are committed to similar agreement. Let us wait for a response on that from the Pakistani side.
02:26How India is going to address the will of the Kashmiri people?
02:32So let me tell you, there is something called prevention is better than cure.
02:36The measures that we took were preventive in nature.
02:43They were designed to stop terrorists from bleeding our people.
02:49You noticed that in the 10 days that have passed, there are no casualties.
02:56There are no fatalities.
02:59That's because every effort was made to work to ensure that our people in Jammu and Kashmir
03:09are not adversely affected in terms of their lives.
03:12Yes, there is always a difficulty that sometimes these will lead to restrictions.
03:18We acknowledge that. We are an open society. We acknowledge that.
03:21But it's a balance of choice that the administrators on the ground should make.
03:27Not journalists here or diplomats here.
03:30You talked about Pakistan promoting extremist elements in the region.
03:34What do you have to say about the international organization accusing Indian troops
03:39and soldiers committing human rights violations in Indian-administrated Kashmir?
03:43I don't know what you're talking of international organization.
03:46The UN didn't say anything. I don't go by...
03:49Well, madam, yes, let's go one by one. Let's go.
03:54Please, please, I will answer. Right.
03:57There is nobody, nobody, which is inter-governmental in nature,
04:04which has accused India of anything that you're saying. Anything.
04:09Thank you very much.