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India welcomes UN stance on Lakhvi release row
India welcomes UN stance on Lakhvi release row. India welcomed on Sunday UNSC\'s assurance of taking up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi\'s release at its next meeting, and questioned Pakistan\'s \"sincerity\" in the matter.
New Delhi: India welcomed on Sunday UNSC's assurance of taking up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi's release at its next meeting, and questioned Pakistan's "sincerity" in the matter.
"Any act by Pakistan which is defying the international approach will be condemned by all and the indication which has come from UN that they will be having words with Pakistan in the matter related to release of Lakhvi is a welcome step for us," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said. Replying to queries, Rijiju said India had conveyed to Pakistan its unhappiness at the way the case was being handled and charged it of not placing whatever matter was available before the court there.
"That is why it led to the release of Lakhvi through the court process. We demand the Government of Pakistan to be sincere," he said. The assurance by the UNSC to take up the matter came after India's ambassador to the UN, Asoke Mukerji, wrote a letter to the chair of the UNSC al Qaeda Sanctions Committee Ambassador Jim McLay expressing concern over Lakhvi's release and said it violates the provisions of the committee concerning al Qaeda and associated individuals and entities.
The next meeting of the committee is expected to take place in the next few days. It is a historical fact that India and Pakistan have been at two opposite ends of the spectrum on the role of third parties in their bilateral dispute. In fact, it has been Pakistan that has been seeking at the drop of a hat the intervention of third parties like the UN, the United States and even China but India has summarily rejected Pakistan’s moves in this context.
By seeking the UN intervention in the matter of Lakhvi hasn’t India played in the hands of Pakistan?
The news development can be summarized as follows. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Asoke Mukherjee has written a letter to the current Chair of the UN Sanctions Committee Jim McLay and pointed out that Lakhvi's release by a Pakistani court on 9 April was in violation of UN Resolution number 1267 which deals with designated entities and individuals. The Indian envoy has also mentioned that even the bail amount provided was against the sanctions' committee rule which calls for freezing the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated.
