The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold a closed-door meeting on Monday to discuss the escalating regional situation between India and Pakistan, following a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.

According to diplomatic sources, the meeting was requested by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad and will be convened by Council President Evangelos Sekeris. The meeting is scheduled for Monday afternoon and will take place in an informal setting known as “consultations of the whole,” where no official records are maintained and non-Council members are not permitted to attend.

In its formal request, Pakistan cited the “deteriorating regional environment” and rising India-Pakistan tensions, warning that the situation poses a threat to both regional and global peace and security.

Pakistan, currently a non-permanent member of the UNSC, will be present at the meeting. The request follows a statement by Ambassador Ahmad on Friday that Indian “kinetic action” was expected, following the massacre of 26 people in Pahalgam by terrorists from The Resistance Front, a group linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

In response to the attack, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed strict action, declaring, “We will identify, trace, and punish every terrorist and their supporters. We will pursue them to the ends of the Earth.”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif last week, expressing “deep concern” over the growing tensions and condemning the terrorist attack. He called for lawful justice and accountability for the incident, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has intensified its diplomatic outreach at the UN, with Ambassador Ahmad meeting Guterres, General Assembly President Philemon Yang, and several member nations, including those from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, in an effort to de-escalate the situation and assert Pakistan’s stance.