ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaking to reporters here has informed that during a meeting with UNGA President Volkan Bozkir, he briefed him about the dire situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and drew his attention on the similarity of Palestine and J&K disputes.
“Both Palestinians and Kashmiri demand self-determination and protection from demographic destruction and violation of human rights. The UN must play its role in honor of its own pledges,” he said. He said Kashmir dispute was a reality which could not be ignored or erased from the UN agenda. He warned that the same simmering situation of Palestine and Kashmir could blow into a fireball in the Middle East and South Asia. To a question regarding Pakistan’s position on the stance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he said at the very important meeting of Human Rights Council taking place in Geneva, Pakistan’s ambassador Khalil Hashmi would move a resolution on Israel’s war crimes and genocide.
FM expressed confidence that the western societies that believed in human rights would actually take concrete steps to draw the attention of International Criminal Court (ICC) on human rights violations and war crimes, taking place in Gaza and Western Bank, where the holy site of three religions – Islam, Judaism and Christianity, was situated. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Palestine, the “first milestone” had been achieved, adding that “as a Muslim Ummah, we look towards revival of peace process as fire was not fully extinguished.” He said dialogue, peaceful co-existence and a two-State option in accordance with the UN Resolutions, was the only sustainable solution.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted a luncheon in honour of UNGA President Volkan Bozkir here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Federal Minister for Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam, Chairman of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Malik Ehsanullah Tiwana, State Minister for Information Farrukh Habib, Parliamentary Secretary on Foreign Affairs Andaleeb Abbas, Parliamentary Secretary Finance Makhdoomzada Zain Qureshi, Parliamentary Secretary on Law Maleeka Bukhari, former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar and members of parliament, attended the luncheon.
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