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Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad at the UN Security Council session. PHOTO: RADIOPAK
THE UNITED NATIONS:
Amid political impasse among signatories to the 2018 South Sudan peace agreement and a dangerous escalation in armed clashes, Pakistan has called on all stakeholders to reaffirm their commitment to the agreement in good faith and address differences through inclusive dialogue.
“It is time to renew the national consensus,” Ambassador Asim Ahmad, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday discussing the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, an African country that gained independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011.
At this critical moment, he stressed the need to avoid a further slide towards violence, warning. “The cost of failure would be borne first and foremost by the people of South Sudan, and would also have profound regional consequences.
“It is time to engage more deeply, not to distance ourselves or give up,” the Pakistani envoy added.
