Says any ties with Israel depend on Pakistan\u2019s, Palestinian interests
\nISLAMABAD
\nCaretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani says Pakistan has always stood with Palestinian brothers and sisters and will continue to do so.
\nIn a tweet on Monday, the Foreign Minister said in his statement at UN General Assembly, he renewed Pakistan\u2019s call for an independent State of Palestine, based on pre-67 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
\nMeanwhile, the Pakistani Foreign Minister has reaffirmed support for an independent Palestinian state, saying that it was in the South Asian country\u2019s \u201cnational interest\u201d, and decision regarding establishing ties with Israel would be gauged in light of Pakistan\u2019s national interests and those of the Palestinian brothers.
\nJalali Jilani\u2019s comment came a day after he had reportedly said any decision to establish bilateral relations with Israel would hinge on the nation\u2019s own interests and the well-being of the Palestinian people. Pakistani FM\u2019s statement also follows Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Eli Cohen\u2019s remarks from last week in which Cohen indicated he had met leaders of several Islamic nations in recent days who were likely to forge diplomatic ties with Israel soon.
\nPakistan does not recognize the state of Israel and has repeatedly called for an independent Palestinian state based on \u201cinternationally-agreed parameters\u201d and the pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
\nIn a post uploaded on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Jilani said \u201cIn my statement at UNGA, I renewed Pakistan\u2019s call for an independent State of Palestine, based on pre-67 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as capital.\u201d The caretaker foreign minister said: \u201cThis is in our national interest.\u201d
\nThe foreign minister was responding to a comment by a journalist who sought clarification on whether Pakistan was considering recognizing the state of Israel.
\nPrime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar also advocated for a two-state solution as a path to enduring peace in Palestine during his United Nations General Assembly speech on Friday. He reiterated Pakistan\u2019s position on the matter, calling for the \u201cestablishment of a viable and contiguous Palestinian state within the pre-June 1967 borders with Al-Quds as its capital.\u201d Kakar also criticized Israeli military raids against Palestinians and its expansion of settlements in the Occupied Territories.
\nIsraeli FM Cohen, as reported by Israeli media outlet Kan News, suggested that \u201csix or seven\u201d Islamic nations were likely to normalise ties with Israel, following Saudi Arabia\u2019s potential inclusion in the Abraham Accords, which already involved the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. The Israeli minister also claimed to have met with leaders from several Muslim countries who have not recognised Israel yet.
\nUS President Biden has been pushing for landmark deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman told Fox News recently that his country was in talks with Israel, dismissing reports that process was suspended. Saudi crown prince says getting \u2018closer\u2019 to Israel normalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Says any ties with Israel depend on Pakistan\u2019s, Palestinian interests ISLAMABAD Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani says Pakistan has always stood with Palestinian brothers and sisters and will continue to do so. In a tweet on Monday, the Foreign Minister said in his statement at UN General Assembly, he renewed Pakistan\u2019s call for an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12862],"class_list":{"0":"post-358251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-jalil-abbas-jilani"},"yoast_head":"\n