India's ex-Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, has strongly criticised China's backing of Pakistan's request for a UN investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack and said that such actions are prompted by geopolitics rather than the merits of the case.

While speaking with ANI, Akbaruddin said, "We need to understand multilateral organisations are playgrounds of geopolitics and therefore, countries will decide not on the merits of the case but in terms of their ties with respective countries. We know the ties between Pakistan and China. In 2019, when Pakistan was not even a member of the Security Council, it was China which tried to bring this agenda item for a discussion, similar to what Pakistan has done here. It failed then, and that was after Article 370 was abrogated. Yet, a permanent member could not succeed. So, the Chinese and Pakistani relationship is well-known to the world and people quickly understand."

"Only China Supports Pakistan On International Platform," Says Akbaruddin

The ex-Indian ambassador elaborated that Pakistan has developed a habit of playing this political game, but it usually fails. "This is a game that Pakistan plays regularly, it's a game that it falters at, it is a game that its only ally in such thing is its all-weather friend China but the rest of the world has moved on, it recognises Pakistan for what it is," he said. Akbaruddin’s comments come after China reportedly supported Pakistan’s demand for closed-door consultations at the UN Security Council following the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

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The UN Security Council members questioned Pakistan’s narrative, especially its bid to frame the incident as a "false flag" operation by India. Instead, members asked if banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has known Pakistani connections, was involved.There was no statement published by the UN body following the "closed consultations" that was requested by Pakistan, a non-permanent member of the Council.

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