ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday received a telephone call from Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and discussed the regional situation after Israel’s attack on Iran.
The two leaders expressed deep concern and anguish over the deteriorating regional situation due to Israel’s “unjustified attacks” on Iran, Radio Pakistan reported.
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister also confirmed his participation in the forthcoming meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers and at the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum’s ceremony to honour President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, both scheduled next week in Istanbul.
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also discussed the “destabilizing” regional situation on Saturday.
The two leaders agreed that Israel’s military strikes violated Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in clear contravention of the UN charter and international laws, while seriously jeopardizing regional and global peace.
They also denounced Israel’s “brazen military aggression” against the “brave Palestinian people” that continued with complete impunity.
The two leaders emphasized that the international community and the United Nations must act collectively.
Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, as the US president said the conflict could be easily ended while warning Tehran not to strike any US targets.
Iran has said 78 people were killed there on the first day of Israel’s campaign on Friday, and scores more on the second, including 60 when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran, where 29 of the dead were children.
