Government must take resolute diplomatic actions to de-hyphenate India, Pakistan on global stage: Congress

Congress criticizes Pakistan's UN Security Council roles, urges global support for India's anti-terrorism stance, and de-hyphenation from Pakistan.

The Congress on Thursday (June 5, 2025) said Pakistan being named vice chair of the 15-member U.N. Security Council's counterterrorism committee and chair of another panel of the world body was most unfortunate, ill-informed and unacceptable.

In a statement, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge urged the government to take resolute diplomatic actions to de-hyphenate India and Pakistan on the global stage and exhorted the international community to understand and support New Delhi's stand on terrorism emanating from Pakistan.

The party also described the development as the sad story of “our own foreign policy collapse” but questioned how the global community can continue to legitimise Pakistan’s sponsorship of terrorism.

Mr. Kharge asserted that making Pakistan accountable for its sins is a necessity not just for India but for the interests of the international community.

“The Indian National Congress exhorts the international community to understand and support India’s stand on terrorism emanating from Pakistan,” he said.

Mr. Kharge’s remarks came after the development that Pakistan will chair the Taliban Sanctions Committee of the U.N. Security Council for 2025 and will be vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the U.N. body.

“Pakistan is the perpetrator of terror. India is a victim of terror. They cannot be equated. They should not be hyphenated,” Mr. Kharge said in a post on X.