ISLAMABAD – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar will visit Istanbul on Monday to attend the Coordination Meeting of Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers.
According to a press release issued by the Foreign Office on Sunday, the meeting hosted by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will discuss the implementation of the Gaza Peace Agreement and regional efforts to consolidate the ceasefire.
Pakistan, along with seven other Islamic Arab countries, has remained engaged with the peace initiative that led to the signing of the Gaza Peace Agreement in Sharm El-Sheikh.
During the Istanbul meeting, Pakistan will underscore the need for the full implementation of the ceasefire agreement, the complete Israeli withdrawal from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, especially Gaza, as well as the provision of unfettered humanitarian assistance to Palestinians and the reconstruction of Gaza.
Pakistan will also reiterate the need for collective efforts aimed at achieving an independent, viable, and contiguous State of Palestine, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, based on pre-1967 borders, in accordance with relevant UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
Pakistan has been, and will continue to be, committed to efforts to restore peace, justice, and dignity to the Palestinian people, as well as to ensure the realisation of their right to self-determination, the FO statement reads.
