Islamabad:
In a renewed offer for regional peace, Pakistan extended on Tuesday an olive branch to India, offering to resume full talks to resolve all exceptional disputes between the two nuclear weapons neighbors, including the question of the old cashmere of the decades.
Explaining at a press conference in New York, Darrier Ishaq Dar, who is also the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, reiterated Pakistan’s desire for “composite dialogue”, stressing that any future commitment must go beyond the issue of terrorism.
“Pakistan was itself one of the greatest victims of terrorism,” said DAR, adding that the offer had been made in good faith and in order to reach sustainable peace in South Asia.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said that there could not be lasting peace in the region without resolving the dispute of Jammu-et-Cachemire. He said that even US President Donald Trump had repeatedly recognized the importance of the issue.
Dar’s comments came after his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the regional security and the contributions of Pakistan to the World War against terrorism. “Secretary Rubio has recognized Pakistan’s sacrifices,” said Dar.
On the Industrial Water Treaty, he reaffirmed Islamabad’s position that the agreement is legally binding and cannot be changed unilaterally. He warned that any attempt by India to divert or block the part of Pakistan from the river waters would be unacceptable.
In response to a question about Israel, he clearly indicated that Pakistan did not intend to establish diplomatic links with Tel Aviv. He called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and reiterated Pakistan’s support for the creation of an independent Palestinian State, with al-Quds Al-Sharif (Jerusalem) as capital.
Earlier in the day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed the high -level international conference on the peaceful regulation of the Palestine issue and the implementation of the two -state solution.
In a strongly rated speech, he condemned Israeli actions in Gaza and called for urgent international intervention. “For more than 75 years, the Palestinian people have endured the occupation, the displacement and the denial of their fundamental rights,” said Dar. “Gaza is now a cemetery of international law.”
He cited the murder of more than 58,000 Palestinians – mainly women and children – as a “serious violation of international humanitarian law” and called for the responsibility of war crimes and crimes against humanity. “This collective punishment must stop now,” he said.
DAR has described the main requests of Pakistan which include an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire through Gaza and all occupied Palestinian territories, full and unhindered humanitarian access, political and financial strengthening for an UNRWA and final to Israeli impoliability through international responsibility mechanisms and a real political process in A.
He praised France’s recent decision to recognize Palestine and urged other nations to follow the plunge.
He also supported the proposal for the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for an international protection mechanism for Palestinians and is committed to contributing to technical and institutional assistance in fields such as public health, education and governance.
“The occupation must end and end now,” he asked. “The best guarantee for sustainable peace is freedom, self -determination and full membership in the UN for Palestine.”
