During his address yesterday, Sharif contended that India had indulged in an arms race. “We were drawn into arms race by India,” he told the Council.
He also expressed his satisfaction that the situation on the Line of Control had improved.
On the Kashmir dispute, Sharif had “expressed his dismay at the contradictory stance taken by the Indian government” in addressing the “core issue”.
During a meeting with leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in Muzaffarabad yesterday, Sharif had said it was his desire that the Kashmir issue should be resolved at the earliest.
The longstanding issue must be settled in accordance with UN resolutions, he said.
He had claimed that the Indian government's repeated declaration that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of its territory, despite UN resolutions on the subject, “shows its lack of sincerity to resolve the matter”.
He had also asked the world community to play its role in settling the Kashmir issue.
