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India’s UN envoy turns table on Pakistani scribe, extending hand of friendship

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India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nations Nations Syed Akbaruddin on Friday extended a "hand of friendship" to Pakistani journalists during his address to the media after the UN Security Council held closed consultations on Kashmir.

The informal closed consultations, requested for by permanent member China, lasted over an hour Friday after which Beijing’s Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun and Pakistan’s UN envoy Maleeha Lodhi made remarks to the media at the Security Council stakeout one by one. The two left without taking even a single question from the reporters present.

Following the remarks by China and Pakistan, Akbaruddin came to the UN Security Council stakeout to give a statement on India’s national position on Kashmir and Article 370.