Middle East Green Initiative, UN Climate Change Conference to open new vistas of development for Pakistan: Ashrafi

Middle East Green Initiative, UN Climate Change Conference to open new vistas of development for Pakistan: Ashrafi

ISLAMABAD, Nov 8 (APP):Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi Tuesday said the Middle East Green Initiative and the 2022 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference would open new vistas of development between Pakistan and the Middle East countries.

Ashrafi who is also the chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council expressed these views on his return from a three-day visit to Bahrain in an exclusive talk with APP.

He said the Middle East Green Initiative signified the Saudi Arabia’s commitment to international sustainability efforts and enabled the region to help protect the planet by clearly defining an ambitious road map that significantly contributed to achieving global targets.

He said Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt correctly interpreted the Pakistan’s stance on climate change and flood situation and damages incurred to the country and nation.

He said religious leaders were constantly creating awareness on the intersect and interfaith dialogue and climate change challenges at the global level.

Ashrafi said the conferences convened by Dar Al-Ifta Egypt and Bahrain Islamic Council raised an effective voice on the eradication of poverty and ignorance and thoroughly discussed the ways to create peace and tranquility in the comity of nations.

The leadership of all religions appealed to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine as the world was facing problems due to the wars, he said adding “we have to promote peace and stop wars”.

Regarding the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman to Pakistan, he said it was an evidence of strength, stability and improved relations between the two brotherly countries.

“Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman has emerged as a great and visionary leader not only for the Muslim Ummah but also for the entire world,” he added.

He said under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and with support of the government of Egypt, the World Conference on Environment had determined an effective and positive direction at the global level in general and in the Islamic world in particular.

He said Pakistan, besides assuring full cooperation, had already welcomed the Saudi Crown Prince’s vision of Saudi and Middle East Green Initiative.

He expressed the hope that if internal conditions of Pakistan were stable, an investment of 25 to 30 billion dollars could be expected in the country in a couple of years.

“Steps are being expedited once again for the financial support of Pakistan by the Saudi leadership. However, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain are all ready to cooperate with Pakistan,” he added.

He further added that the fifth International Conference on Message of Islam, Pak-Saudi and Islamic World Relations was being held on November 16, here in the federal capital in which the most important leaders of the Muslim Ummah would participate as keynote speaker.

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