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Pakistani prime minister to attend OIC summit in Makkah

Pakistani prime minister to  attend OIC summit in Makkah
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will highlight continuing Israeli 鈥榓ggression鈥 in Palestine at the summit. (File/Reuters)
Updated 24 May 2019

Pakistani prime minister to attend OIC summit in Makkah

Pakistani prime minister to  attend OIC summit in Makkah
  • 海角直播 will host the 14th session of the OIC鈥檚 Islamic Summit in Makkah on May 31

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will be in 海角直播 on May 27-28 for ministerial meetings ahead of the Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Foreign Office said on Thursday, paving the way for Prime Minister Imran Khan鈥檚 trip to the Kingdom to attend the summit on May 31.

海角直播 will host the 14th session of the OIC鈥檚 Islamic Summit in Makkah on May 31, chaired by King Salman.

The summit, according to the Saudi Press Agency, is titled 鈥淢akkah Summit: Together for the Future鈥 and aims to develop a unified stance on events in the Islamic world.

Foreign Office spokesman Dr. Mohammed Faisal confirmed to Arab News that Khan would be participating in the summit, and was expected to address members of the forum.

It is also expected that Khan will use the forum to highlight continuing Israeli aggression in Palestine, and recent developments in Pakistan鈥檚 relationship with India.

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海角直播 will host the 14th session of the OIC鈥檚 Islamic Summit in Makkah on May 31, chaired by King Salman.

Israel started building settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in the wake of the Six-Day War in June 1967. During the run-up to elections this year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to annex the settlements 鈥 built in violation of international law 鈥 if he won another term in office.

鈥淧akistan remains at the forefront of supporting our Palestinian brethren in all OIC regular meetings,鈥 Faisal said.

鈥淲e have supported resolutions on Palestine at the OIC which strongly condemns Israeli aggression.鈥

Describing Pakistan鈥檚 position on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Faisal said only the 鈥渆stablishment of a viable, independent and contiguous State of Palestine, on the basis of internationally agreed parameters, the pre-1967 borders, and with Al-Quds and Al-Sharif as its capital鈥 would guarantee sustainable peace in West Asia.