India on Saturday listed three steps that neighboring Pakistan should take to "ensure long-lasting peace in South Asia".
Unlike Western Europe, North and South America, and Southeast Asia, the sub-continent has remained one of the most volatile regions in the world, largely due to tense ties between New Delhi and Islamabad.
"First, stop cross-border terrorism and shut down its infrastructure of terrorism immediately. Second, vacate Indian territories under its illegal and forcible occupation. And third, stop the grave and persistent human rights violations against the minorities in Pakistan," Petal Gahlot, India's First Secretary for the second committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said in New York.
Furthermore, Patel described Pakistan as a "patron of internationally banned terrorist groups and individuals".
"Pakistan has been the home and patron to the largest number of internationally proscribed terrorist entities and individuals in the world," she added.
Gahlot's remarks came in response to Pakistan's interim Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar raking the Kashmir issue at the UNGA session on Friday.
India, however, rejected his statement, asserting that "Kashmir was an integral part of India".
"We reiterate that the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir are an integral part of India. Matters pertaining to the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are purely internal to India. Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on our domestic matters," she concluded.