ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday called for international protection for the people of Palestine from Israeli violence at a special meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, said the country’s permanent mission at the world body in an official statement.
Pakistan has consistently called for the establishment of a “viable, independent and contiguous” state of Palestine with pre-1967 borders and Jerusalem as its capital.
The country does not recognize Israel which has launched several military operations against the people of Palestine in the past while targeting residential neighborhoods and killing civilians.
“Pakistan called on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities to provide international protection to the Palestinian people, in accordance with international law and the relevant UN resolutions, and exert pressure on Israel to cease its repeated attacks on innocent civilians and infrastructure,” said the country’s permanent mission at the UN in a statement.
The counselor of the Pakistan mission, Muhammad Imran Khan, expressed concern over the decline of social and economic condition of Palestinians as a result of “the illegal Israeli practices, which include, but are not limited to, the continuing colonization of Palestinian land … as an occupying power.”
The Pakistani diplomat also emphasized the need for urgent mobilization and deployment of multilateral efforts to secure a just and lasting solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict while seeking two-state solution, the statement added.
