India's Permanent Representative to United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, in a veiled reference to Pakistan has said that "poisoned pens don't work for too long". Speaking to reporters, he mentioned that re might be someone who wanted to bring an issue that it h raised before. ding that it was for every country to determine its trajectory and how it wanted to approach global platforms, Akbaruddin stated that India’s response to those who stooped low would be to soar high. He was responding to a specific question about possibility of Pakistan raising Kashmir issue at United Nations. 

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When y stoop low, We soar high

Akbaruddin when asked wher India will speak at UNGA about  abrogation of article 370, and why it should t be internationalized, in his response to ANI, he said,

"United Nations is a platform for multilateral engment. It's a platform for collaboration, for cooperation. If re are efforts by individual countries to misuse that platform we kw how to dress m. Some people refer to UN as a place of sacred drama. That means re are some who use it for dramatics, re are ors who give it a nature of sacrosanct importance in ir orientation. We are t those who will use it for dramatic purposes. We are those who believe in focusing and dressing issues in a reasoned manner." "If someone stoops, we have ways of dressing it. When y stoop we soar. We do t need to stoop in way y stoop. We have a forward-looking vision. We will soar when y stoop," he ded.  

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India is a serious actor and is heard with seriousness

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has asserted that he will raise issue of Kashmir once again in 74th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 27, after repeated failures to garner attention at previous United Nations events. Responding to this, Akbaruddin stated, "This is my 35th year in diplomacy. I have seen many atrics in general assembly. Many people use ir 30 minutes of global attention in ways that y want. People remember m for what y are - acronyms who do t conform to global rm." He ded, "If a country and a leer wants to do that, he or she is free to do that. I have heard rants, I have heard abuses from different leers, yet who remembers m? y are foottes in path of history. If people want to remember like that, it is ir free will to do that." Will India take up issue of human rights violations in Pakistan? "India is a serious actor. Its voice is heard with seriousness. What we do, when we do, we will do way we want it. It's t for brocast purposes you will appreciate. We are a player of consequence in world, t dramatist personae who just is a fleeting presence on world st," Akbaruddin said. 

(With ANI inputs)

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