NEW DELHI: The United Nations Safety Council’s closed-door assembly on rising India-Pakistan tensions expectedly didn’t yield any substantive end result for Pakistan. Indian govt sources stated Pakistan’s efforts to internationalise the difficulty made little headway as UNSC suggested Islamabad to resolve points bilaterally with India and sought accountability for the Pahalgam assault, whereas expressing concern over Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric and missile exams.Within the 90-minute assembly, the member-states are learnt to have condemned the April 22 assault and posed “powerful questions” in regards to the doubtless involvement of UN-proscribed Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.No takers at UNSC meet for Pak’s false-flag narrative Whereas views had been expressed individually by some after the consultations, the Council did not collectively make any assertion. The least Pakistan would have hoped for is an oral assertion by the Council president.Former Indian everlasting consultant to UN Syed Akbaruddin stated Pakistan’s quest to resurrect an agenda merchandise which has not been deliberated upon formally since 1965 by Council expectedly did not take off. Pakistan is a non-permanent UNSC member presently.“The shortage of a response by the Council to Pakistan’s briefing is a vindication of Indian stance,” stated Akbaruddin, who was India’s ambassador to the UN when Pakistan final sought closed-door consultations via China in 2019. That was after India revoked J&Ok’s particular standing in Aug 2019.The 2019 assembly too had ended with none end result or formal assertion regardless that China had strongly pushed for it. Closed-door conferences comprise casual discussions which can be held not in Council room however in an adjoining chamber with restricted variety of delegates. For Pakistan, as in 2019, the newest assembly too was extra an train in managing public notion than advancing any significant discussions, regardless that the consultations had been held beneath the India-Pakistan Query that pertains to J&Ok and never beneath, because it was meant to be initially, the generic ‘Threats to Worldwide Peace and Safety’ agenda merchandise.Within the assembly, based on sources who spoke on situation of anonymity, members disapproved of false flag narrative initially propounded by Pakistan and requested in regards to the doubtless involvement of LeT within the assault. There have been questions on concentrating on of vacationers primarily based on their non secular identification. “There was condemnation of the assault and recognition of the necessity for accountability. Some members particularly introduced up the concentrating on of vacationers on foundation of their non secular religion,” stated a supply, including many members expressed concern that Pakistan’s missile exams and nuclear rhetoric had been escalatory components.Earlier than the assembly, some Council members had been reported to have backed the thought of an impartial worldwide investigation into the assault. In line with the Safety Council Report, China and Greece appeared to have already indicated – earlier than the assembly – their help for such an investigation. Such a probe although will want the consent of each India and Pakistan.Pakistan issued a press release after the meet wherein it stated Council members expressed “deep concern” over the danger of escalation and urged restraint. It additionally claimed a number of members underscored that the J&Ok dispute remained the basis explanation for regional instability.