Istanbul (May 19, 2018): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Friday evening Pakistan condemns the Israeli forces’ brutality towards the Palestinian people and added that an independent and transparent investigation was required to probe the crimes carried out against Palestinians.
In his statement at the seventh extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), pertaining to the violence against Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli troops, Abbasi vowed that Islamabad stands fast in its support for an independent Palestinian state.
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The Pakistani premier also condemned the United States’ move to shift its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) needs to work to have its strategic resolutions implemented in the Palestine-Israel dispute and put an end to the horrific abuse of human rights, he said.
Abbasi arrived here in Istanbul earlier in the day to lead the Pakistani delegation at the OIC Summit being hosted by Turkey to discuss the grave situation of blatant human rights’ violations by Israeli forces in Palestine. Khurram Dastgir Khan, the minister for foreign affairs and defence, as well as other senior government officials accompanied him.
The extraordinary meeting was called by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his capacity as the chair of the OIC summit. It focused on the latest incidents of violence on the Gaza strip where more than 60 civilians were mercilessly killed by the occupying Israeli forces, whereas scores of others — including women, children, and elderly — sustained injuries.
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