India has once again hit out at Pakistan for indulging in what New Delhi describes as "trade and transit terrorism." Without naming Pakistan, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, said that the closure of access for a landlocked country was a "cynical" move and violated the UN Charter. Advertisement

"It's incumbent on all not to weaponize trade and transit vulnerabilities," Parvathaneni said at the UNSC. "We also note with grave concern the practice of trade and transit terrorism that the people of Afghanistan are being subjected to by the cynical closure of access for a landlocked country whose people are suffering numerous debilitating conditions for many years."

"These acts are in violation of WTO norms," he said, adding that such open threats an

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