ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday said that Pakistan and Turkey have decided to jointly move United Nations with consensus among muslim ummah for an urgent meeting of UN general assembly on the Palestine issue to stop horrendous brutalities of Israeli army targeting Palestinians.
Talking to newsmen after saying Eid prayers at the mausoleum of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya Multani, Qureshi said that whole Pakistani nation stand united on the issues of Kashmir and Palestine.
Qureshi said that Turkey and Pakistan have adopted a joint strategy to convene a ministerial level meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to develop consensus among the 57 muslim countries to convene an urgent UNGA meeting on the Palestine issue.
FM strongly condemned the brutal acts of violence by Israeli forces targeting Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa mosque, forced eviction of Palestinians from Al-Jarrah neighbourhood and air strike on Gaza city targeting civilians including children.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan talked with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi King Shah Salman on this sensitive issue.
Mr Qureshi said that he was also tasked by PM Imran to talk to his Turkish counterpart adding that he would contact with the Turkish Foreign Minister (Today) Thursday.
