President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said the world was facing the challenges of hunger, poverty, and illiteracy that could be overcome by spending almost a trillion dollars, which was far less than the military spendings by the developed world.
He said the priority of the world should be to address global issues, such as climate change, global warming, hunger, poverty, pandemics, diseases, and illiteracy, rather than spending trillions of dollars on armaments and armed forces. The president expressed these views while talking to a delegation of foreign military officers currently undergoing training at the Command and Staff College, Quetta, that called on him here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release.
The president called for the shunning of destructive war strategies and focusing on peace strategies to promote international peace and cooperation.
President Alvi said war was not the solution to any issue as it only brought devastation and miseries to mankind, and emphasised the need for negotiations and reconciliation that could help find solutions to global and regional issues. He said wars had inflicted destruction in different regions, and the Middle East and Africa had been especially ravaged due to wars imposed by other countries as well as internecine conflicts. He highlighted that polarization and re-alignments were taking place in the world .
