Pakistan has called for dialogue and restraint to avert escalation after reported Russian intrusion to Polish and Romanian airspace and warns that diplomacy remains the “only path” of sustainable peace.
Pakistan’s permanent representative ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, referring to an emergency of the UN Security Council He said the conflict in Ukraine, now entering the fourth year, continues to threaten regional and global stability.
“Pakistan has repeatedly drawn attention to the negative consequences of this conflict and the need to end it,” Ahmad told the 15-member body. “We are convinced that only a meaningful dialogue relating to security concerns on all sides is anchored in the principles of the UN -Charter and International Law and respects the relevant multilateral agreements can help ensure peace – a peace that is both fair and lasting.”
He emphasized that cessation of hostilities and a return to diplomacy was crucial to a sustainable settlement, adding that Pakistan is ready to support all regional and international efforts to a peaceful decision.
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The Council called under its agenda post on “threats to international peace and security” after a letter from Estonia claimed that three Russian MIG-31 warriors on September 19 violated the Estonian airspace.
The UN Assistant Secretary General Miroslav Jenca warned that “the world simply cannot afford such a danger of spiral out of control,” citing the intensification of Russian strikes on Ukraine and reported damage to Russia.
Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy rejected Estonia’s claims and said: “Facts prove that three Russian MIG-31 fighters on September 19 conducted a planned flight from Karelia to a plane base in Kaliningrad Oblast, carried out in strictly accordance with international airspace use rules.
He rejected the allegations as “Russophobic Hysteria”, which accused Moscow’s neighbors of imagining violations where no one took place. “Today we are forced to see part two of the view entitled ‘blame Russia for everything’, he declared.
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna opposed to showing radar screen photos and photographs of combat-ready mi-31s. “The violation is crystal clear,” he said, noting that this marked the fourth airspace fracture of Moscow in 2025 and part of what he called a wider pattern of provocations against Russia’s neighbors.
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Earlier, in the midst of intensified air strikes on Ukrainian cities, Pakistan in the UN Security Council repeated that military means unable to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Pakistan emphasized that “the only viable path to sustainable peace is dialogue and diplomacy”, which called for an immediate ceasefire and meaningful negotiations relating to security concerns for all parties and compliance with the UN -Charter.
