NEW DELHI: Indian diplomats undertook a mammoth exercise burning midnight oil as they triumphed over Pakistan’s efforts to seek support on the Kashmir issue at two simultaneous UN sessions in Geneva and New York in what can be described as one of the finest moments of Indian diplomacy.While in Geneva Indian diplomats both from local mission and headquarters reached out to each and every member of the 47-member UN Human Rights Council during its September 9-27 session and ensured that Pakistan fails to introduce either an Urgent Debate or a resolution on the Kashmir issue, the foreign policy blitzkrieg led by PM Narendra Modi and ably supported by Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and MoS Muraleedharan through a record number of 74 engagements in one week blunted all efforts by Pakistan with only China, Turkey and Malaysia backing Islamabad.All eyes will now be on China, Turkey and Malaysia at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meet mid-October and their efforts to safeguard Pakistan from being blacklisted. Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India between October 11-12 for the second informal summit ahead of October 13-18 FATF plenary meet in Paris.An OIC Kashmir contact group statement on the sidelines of UNGA is being viewed as customary with most OIC member states unwilling to interfere in the Kashmir issue, according to persons familiar with the OIC affairs. Ahead of the UNGA session, India’s permanent mission in New York led by Syed Akbaruddin had led massive exercise to engage with several member states to appraise them of Kashmir situation and Pakistan’s false narrative, ET has learnt. Earlier the India’s permanent mission in New York also played a key role that foiled China’s efforts at the informal closed door session in the UNSC on August 16.The focus was at both UNHRC and UNGA session was not just on big powers but also on its development partners and traditional allies across continents. Pakistan not only failed to initiate an urgent debate, resolution and Presidential statement at UNHRC but also failed to produce list of 58 countries which it claimed supported it at Geneva. Ahead of UNHRC session while Jaishankar travelled to European capitals and other countries to enlist support for India, senior diplomat Ajay Bisaria (who was expelled by Pakistan from the post of High Commissioner after August 5) was deputed to engage in high-powered diplomacy. Later Secretary (East) MEA Vijay Thakur Singh led the Indian charge forcefully at UNHRC.In what was an unprecedented exercise Jaishankar on his maiden participation at UNGA as Minister held 36 bilateral meetings with his various counterparts and was engaged in eight pull asides and seven multilaterals and plurilaterals. Besides he was involved with three speaking engagements including at top American think tanks where he countered Pakistani narrative and even emphasized that business and terror cannot go hand in hand. “India embraces the world. And the world returns that interest in full measure. Multilateralism really matters,” tweeted Jaishankar on Saturday as he wrapped up his engagements in New York.