NEW DELHI: After Pakistan sought to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN , India hit back saying pacific settlement required pacific intent in thinking and pacific content in action.

India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin said Pakistan should work to build a South Asian region free of terror instead of resorting to a “failed approach’’ on the Kashmir issue.

Akbaruddin said it was important to not charge the UN with responsibilities it may be ill-suited to perform. “It is in line with this approach that I take this opportunity to remind Pakistan -the one isolated delegation that made unwarranted references to an integral part of India -that pacific settlement requires pacific intent in thinking and pacific content in action,’’ said Akbaruddin, participating in a UNSC debate on mediation and settlement of disputes.

