India-Pak Tensions: What Pakistan, other envoys said after the 'closed-door' UNSC meeting?
- On May 5, 2025, the UN Security Council held closed consultations in New York at Pakistan's request to discuss rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
- The meeting followed a deadly terror attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 civilians and intensified the conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
- Greece presided over the Security Council in May and Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris described the discussions as productive, with envoys urging calm and the need to avoid military confrontation.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack, saying "targeting civilians is unacceptable" and warned, "a military solution is no solution," calling for justice through lawful means.
- The consultations underscored ongoing risks to regional peace and highlighted the UN's readiness to support diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan.
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India-Pak Tensions: What Pakistan, other envoys said after the 'closed-door' UNSC meeting?
India-Pak Tensions: The UNSC meeting was held amid escalating tensions and Pakistan's downgraded diplomatic relations with India after the worst-ever terrorist attack on civilians in twenty-five years in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, on April 22.
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