Islamabad: Pakistan urged the world to avert humanitarian and economic crises in Afghanistan.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi urged the international community to stay engaged with Afghanistan to achieve the goal.
The FM met his counterparts from Ireland, Portugal and Norway in New York. The foreign minister stressed that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan was of vital importance for Pakistan and the region.
Qureshi also highlighted Pakistan’s efforts in facilitating evacuation of diplomatic personnel and staff of international organizations from Afghanistan.
The foreign minister shared with his Portuguese counterpart the comprehensive Dossier containing evidence of India’s human rights violations, war crimes and illegal attempts to bring about a demographic change in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions.
The foreign minister also presented to his Norwegian counterpart a comprehensive Dossier documenting India’s gross and systematic violations of human rights in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He underscored the need for increased collaboration with Norway in political, economic, clean energy and other areas of mutual interest. In his meeting with Simon Coveney, Foreign Minister of Ireland, on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly session in New York, FM Qureshi exchanged views on the latest developments in Afghanistan, bilateral relations, as well as cooperation in the UN.
The Foreign Minister stated that Pakistan highly valued its relations with Ireland, bilaterally as well as in the context of the UN and the EU.
Foreign Minister Qureshi congratulated Foreign Minister Coveney on the successful conduct of Ireland’s Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of September. He expressed appreciation for Ireland’s open and inclusive approach that was displayed in the invitation to Pakistan to address the UNSC on the situation in Afghanistan earlier this month. The Nation
