Sushma Swaraj Hits Out At Pakistan In Her UNGA Address: Analysing Her Speech

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said Pakistan should stop dreaming about Kashmir, which is an integral part of India. She was addressing the 71st UN General Assembly in New York. “My firm advice to Pakistan is: abandon this dream. Jammu & Kashmir is an integral part of India and will always remain so,” Swaraj told the Assembly. Responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s comments at the UNGA a few days back, she said India had attempted a paradigm of friendship without any precedent. “Did we impose any pre-condition before extending an invitation for the oath-taking ceremony of our government? Did we impose any pre-condition when I went to Islamabad for the Heart of Asia conference and agreed to begin the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue? Did we impose any pre-condition when Prime Minister Modi travelled from Kabul to Lahore?” She said India took the initiative to resolve issues “not on the basis of conditions, but on the basis of friendship.”