India rebuts Pakistan at UN, links Indus treaty trust to terrorism

India has strongly rejected Pakistan's remarks at the United Nations, asserting that cooperation under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) cannot be expected when ‘cross-border terrorism’ is used as an ‘instrument of state policy’.

India also maintained that Jammu and Kashmir ‘has always been, is, and will remain’ an integral and inalienable part of the country.

The remarks were made on Wednesday (July 22, 2026), by India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, at the High-Level Open Debate of the UN Security Council on Natural Resources Governance: the Foundation of Peace, Security and Prosperity.