The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir held a meeting with the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the foreign office in Islamabad on Thursday.
According to media reports, the UNGA President and the Pakistani Foreign Minister have discussed Palestine and Jammu and Kashmir disputes besides the Afghan peace process during the meeting.
In his remarks, Shah Mahmood Qureshi has appreciated the efforts of President Volkan Bozkir for summoning an emergency session of the UNGA on Palestine issue. He said ceasefire was the first goal to get the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians stopped and there was a success on that front.
However, the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs has stressed the need for resolution of Palestine and Jammu and Kashmir disputes in accordance with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. He said peace will remain elusive in the Middle East without the permanent resolution of Palestine issue. Similarly peace cannot be established in South Asia without the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute, he added.
FM Qureshi further stated that Pakistan desires peace in Afghanistan. He said Pakistan efforts in this regard have been recognized at the international level.
The UNGA President has commended the ‘Vaccine for All’ initiative and said it is important to save everybody to completely get rid of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
