JEDDAH: At an urgent extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) on Wednesday, Pakistan urged that Israel must immediately stop its terror campaign against Palestinians in Gaza Strip with an immediate ceasefire. Pakistan called for establishing humanitarian corridors for relief supplies to Gaza.
Pakistan’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani made these remarks, who is leading the Pakistani delegation to the Ministerial Meeting of the Executive Committee of OIC being held in Jeddah.
The meeting was co-convened by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to discuss the Gaza crisis and the humanitarian situation of civilians in the besieged enclave.
Addressing the meeting, Jalil Abbas Jilani condemned the Israeli aggression and inhumane blockade of Gaza that resulted in death, displacement, and destruction. He also condemned Tuesday’s massacre of innocent civilians in the vicious Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza.
He said that the Israeli occupation forces were conducting a clear violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. Their disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force amounted to war crimes and serious crimes against humanity.
Pakistan Asserts to Hold Israel Accountable
The foreign minister called on the global community to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes. Jilani stressed that Israel must bring an immediate end to its campaign of terror with an immediate ceasefire and stop the forced evacuation of Palestinians from their homes.
He also underscored the urgency of humanitarian corridors for rapid, unrestricted, and secure humanitarian and relief supplies to Gaza. He said that the root cause of the recent conflagration lay in the non-implementation of the two-state solution.
Jilani reaffirmed Pakistan’s support and solidarity for the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination.
He demanded an early establishment of a viable, contiguous, secure, and sovereign state of Palestine on the basis of the pre-June 1967 borders and with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
At the conclusion of the session, the Executive Committee adopted a Joint Communiqué outlining the collective stance of the Muslim Ummah on the situation in Gaza.
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