Archive · 10 Oct 2026
India Warns Pakistan It Will Not Bow to Nuclear Blackmail
An Indian diplomat spoke at a United Nations meeting about security and nuclear weapons.
He said India would not let nuclear threats stop it from responding to terrorism.
He said India would hold both the people who support terrorist attacks and the people who plan them responsible.
He described Operation Sindoor as a limited response to an attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians.
He said India’s nuclear capabilities are meant for defence.
He warned that using nuclear threats to shield terrorist activity could make a crisis more dangerous.
He also said India had paused the Indus Waters Treaty because, in India’s view, trust behind the agreement had been undermined.
He urged countries to be careful when sharing nuclear or military technology.
At the UN General Assembly First Committee in New York, Indian diplomat Anmol Sher Bedi said India would not bow to nuclear blackmail.
Bedi said any terrorist attack against India would receive a fitting response, with no distinction between those who sponsor terrorism and those who mastermind it.
He described Operation Sindoor as a measured, targeted and non-escalatory act of self-defence following the Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 civilians.
Bedi said India’s nuclear capabilities are defensive and warned that using nuclear threats to limit consequences for terrorism could increase escalation risks.
He defended putting the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and urged vigilance in nuclear cooperation, citing the history of the AQ Khan network.
- Who
- Anmol Sher Bedi, speaking for India, responded to remarks by Pakistan’s representative Tahir Andrabi.
- What
- Bedi warned that India would respond to terrorist attacks and defended India’s security and nuclear policies.
- When
- Friday; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- The United Nations General Assembly First Committee meeting in New York.
- Why
- Bedi was exercising India’s right of reply to Pakistan’s remarks and addressing terrorism, nuclear risks and related disputes.
India’s position
Pakistan’s position as reported
Terrorism and response
India’s position
Bedi said India would respond to any terrorist attack and would not distinguish between those who sponsor terrorism and those who mastermind it.
Pakistan’s position as reported
The articles say Bedi was responding to remarks by Pakistan’s representative, but do not provide a detailed Pakistani response to this warning.
Nuclear policy and escalation
India’s position
Bedi described India’s nuclear capabilities as defensive and argued that relying on a nuclear overhang to constrain responses to terrorism raises escalation risks.
Pakistan’s position as reported
The articles do not detail Pakistan’s position on nuclear policy at the meeting.
Jammu and Kashmir
India’s position
Bedi said Jammu and Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India and called for territories he described as illegally occupied to be vacated and returned.
Pakistan’s position as reported
The articles report that Andrabi raised Kashmir but do not provide his specific arguments.
- Indian speaker
- Anmol Sher Bedi, identified in one article as a senior adviser in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
- Pakistani representative
- Tahir Andrabi, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva.
- Meeting
- United Nations General Assembly First Committee, which deals with disarmament issues.
- Pahalgam attack
- The articles say Pakistan-based terrorists killed 26 civilians.
- Operation Sindoor
- Bedi described the operation as a measured, targeted and non-escalatory act of self-defence following the Pahalgam attack.
- India’s nuclear policy
- Bedi described India’s nuclear capabilities as defensive; one article also says India has a declared no-first-strike policy.
- Resolution 1540
- The articles say the UN Security Council adopted the binding non-proliferation measure in 2004.
- Indus Waters Treaty
- Bedi said India put the treaty in abeyance, arguing that Pakistan had undermined the trust and cooperation on which it rested.
