NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan are gearing up for a showdown over Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly later this month, with foreign minister Sushma Swaraj expected to give a “befitting” response to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s plan to focus on the unrest in the state.

Sharif will on September 21 and Swaraj, who will lead the Indian delegation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip this year’s meeting, will take the podium on September 26.

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