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ISLAMABAD, Nov 07 (APP): A Pakistan delegation engaged in talks with Afghan Taliban had handed over its evidence-based, justified and logical demands to the mediators in Istanbul on Thursday with the singular aim to put an end to cross border terrorism, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said.
During his weekly press briefing here on Friday, he told that Pakistani delegation’s talks with Afghan Taliban regime commenced in Istanbul with the presence and participation of the mediators.
He said, “The mediators fully endorsed Pakistan’s stance on the basis of the evidence provided by our side, as well as on the basis of the tenets of international law and principles.”
“The mediators are discussing Pakistan’s demands with Afghan Taliban delegation point by point,” he said adding “Any other information being circulated on the social media particularly from Afghan handlers, Afghan accounts is either pure speculation or deliberate disinformation. We request that such false information may please be disregarded.”
Briefing about the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Doha from November 3 to 6, he said the President attended the World Summit for Social Development hosted by the state of Qatar.
He said the summit convened world leaders with the aim to rebuilding global efforts towards achieving the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals. Upon its conclusion the summit adopted the Doha political declaration.
“In his important address to the summit, the President of Pakistan raised the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and the imperative of the realization of the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people. The President underscored that people of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir are facing Indian state sponsored terrorism for decades,” the Spokesperson explained.
He said the President also called out India for deliberately violating international law by breaching the Indus water treaty, describing it as a direct threat to regional stability and an act that deprived millions of Pakistanis of their right to water which undermined Pakistan’s sovereignty and endangered the livelihood of its people. The President also condemned the Israeli aggression against Palestine.
The Spokesperson said the President also urged enhanced global cooperation aimed at achieving social justice, equality, human dignity, expansion of social protection and emphasized the need for a fair, inclusive and reformed global financial architecture to support social development, especially development of the global south.
He said during a meeting in Istanbul, Deputy Prime Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar along with his Arab Islamic counterparts deliberated on the way forward to Gaza peace plan to build sustainable peace there. Pakistan was one of the eight Arab Islamic countries part of the Gaza peace plan and it remained engaged with this initiative that led to the signing of the Gaza peace agreement in Sharm El Sheikh.
The leaders jointly called for urgent humanitarian aid for Palestinians, condemned Israeli ceasefire violations, demanded Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories, and emphasized the rebuilding of Gaza.
He said Pakistan reaffirmed its principal stance for the establishment of an independent, viable and contiguous state of Palestine based on pre-1967 borders and Al Quds Al Sharif as its capital in line with the UN and OIC resolutions.
“Pakistan has been and will continue to be committed to efforts to restore peace, justice and dignity to the Palestinian people as well as to ensure the realization of their right to self-determination,” he noted.
The Spokesperson expressed profound sadness at the devastating earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan that claimed precious lives and caused widespread destruction.
“Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families, to the people of Afghanistan, and we pray for the swift recovery of the injured,” he added.