On instructions of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to UN in New York, Asim Iftikhar, has informed the UN Security Council about the blatant aggression by India and the threat it posed to international peace and security, state-run Radio Pakistan reports.

The UNSC has been informed that Pakistan reserves the right to respond appropriately to this aggression at a time and place of its choosing, in accordance with its right to self-defence as enshrined in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.