UN peacekeepers’ meet: India doesn’t invite Pak, China; reiterates troop policy

NEW DELHI: India has not invited Pakistan and China to a conclave of Army chiefs of UN troop-contributing nations present from October 14 to 16, adjacent arsenic officials reiterated New Delhi’s argumentation of not deploying troops to overseas struggle zones similar Ukraine oregon Gaza unless explicitly mandated by the UNSC and nether the UN flag.Army lawman main (IS&T) Lt-Gen Rakesh Kapoor said the meet, with elder subject leaders from implicit 30 nations, volition foster practice and “a unchangeable planetary order.”Asked astir imaginable deployments, defence ministry associated secy Vishwesh Negi said specified a determination is “unlikely” fixed UNSC dynamics. Kapoor added, “India deploys troops overseas lone nether UN flag.”India has been 1 of the largest contributors of troops for UN peacekeeping operations astir the satellite since 1950s. “In 75 years, India has contributed implicit 2.9 lakh peacekeepers dispersed crossed 50 UN missions...182 peacekeepers person made the ultimate sacrifice,” Lt-Gen Kapoor said.