Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif criticized India in his address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday for withdrawing from planned peace talks last month over the disputed region of Kashmir.
Sharif travelled to India's capital, New Delhi, in May for the inauguration of Narendra Modi as the country's prime minister. The visit raised hopes of progress in the six-decade-old dispute, which has resulted in one of the world's most heavily militarised borders.
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