Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met the Emir of Qatar, his Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, met following the recent Israel strike on Qatar.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar and the chief of staff of the army, Marshal Syed Asim Munir, were also present.
The PM strongly condemned the Israeli attack on September 9 in a residential area in Doha, which killed and injured civilians. He described it as a blatant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and international law, and reaffirmed the full support and solidarity of Pakistan with Qatar, highlighting historical and sustainable fraternal links between the two nations.
PM Shehbaz stressed that Israeli aggression in the Middle East must end immediately, highlighting the need for unity inside the Ummah and renting Qatar for summoning the summit. He also recalled Pakistan’s request for an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council at the request of Qatar.
The emir thanked the Prime Minister for attending the summit and for his visit to Doha on September 12 to express his solidarity.
The two leaders agreed to stay in close contact in the middle of the evolution of the regional situation.
Arab-Islamic Summit
The leaders of the Arab and Islamic States will warn that the attack on Israel against Qatar and other hostile acts threaten coexistence and regional efforts to normalize links, according to a resolution project which should be presented on Monday at an Arab-Islamic summit.
The summit, summoned to Doha to show his support for Qatar after the Israeli strike targeting the leaders of the Hamas Palestinian militant group based in the Gulf State, opened on Sunday with a meeting of foreign ministers to examine the draft resolution.
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The joint declaration of the summit urged “all states to take all possible legal and effective measures to prevent Israel from continuing their actions against the Palestinian people”, in particular “examining diplomatic and economic relations with it, and initiating legal proceedings against it”.
On Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif firmly condemned the attack “reckless and provocative” of Israel against Doha, calling this a blatant violation of sovereignty and international law of Qatar, and urged immediate global action to hold Israel responsible for war crimes.
By reaffirming the long -standing position of Pakistan, he declared that the only just and sustainable solution resided in the creation of an independent state of Palestine on the borders before 1967 with Al Quds Al Sharif as capital. “May history record this moment, when we, the leaders of the Arab-Islamic world, have chosen unity, dignity and courage on silence and inaction,” he concluded.
On the sidelines of the summit, Prime Minister Shehbaz also held separate meetings with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar and Chief of Staff of the Syed Asim Asim Asim Munir.
Attack on Qatar
Hamas said six people had been killed in an Israeli strike on the group complex in Doha on Tuesday, including the son of his first negotiator and an Qatari security officer.
The attack on September 9, which, according to Hamas, killed five of its members, but spared its management, pushed the Gulf States, allies in the United States, to finish the ranks, which has put the links between Israel and the Arab world.
Qatar condemned the attack, saying that it had targeted the residential buildings housing members of the Hamas political bureau.
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“The state of Qatar firmly condemns the loose Israeli attack which targeted the residential buildings housing several members of the Hamas political bureau in the Qatari capital, Doha,” said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed Al-Ansari in a post on X.
US President Donald Trump reported a misfortune on the Israeli attack, saying that this had not progressed Israeli or American objectives, calling Qatar to work hard to negotiate peace.
He also said that the elimination of Hamas was “a worthy goal”. After the attack, he said to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani that “such a thing will not happen again on their soil”.
