New York, March 25 -- India strongly rejected Pakistan's repeated references to Jammu and Kashmir at a United Nations debate on peacekeeping reforms, calling them "unwarranted" and reaffirming that the region "was, is, and will always be an integral part of India."

Speaking at the Security Council, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, condemned Pakistan for attempting to "divert attention" from the core discussions on peacekeeping. He stated, "India is compelled to note that the delegate of Pakistan has yet again resorted to unwarranted remarks on the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Such repeated references neither validate their illegal claims nor justify their state-sponsored cross-bo...