-Imran Khan warns ‘Imported govt to recognize Israel’
By Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: The Spokesperson Foreign Office on Sunday categorically rejected the notion of any delegation from Pakistan visiting Israel. Responding to media queries, he said the reported visit in question was organized by a foreign NGO which was not based in Pakistan.
“Pakistan’s position on the Palestinian issue is clear and unambiguous. There is no change whatsoever in our policy on which there is complete national consensus.”
He said Pakistan steadfastly supported the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination.
“The establishment of an independent, viable and contiguous Palestinian State with pre-1967 borders and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, in accordance with the relevant UN and OIC resolutions, is imperative for just and lasting peace in the region,” he added. The FO’s response comes after Israeli
President Isaac Herzog confirmed that two weeks ago a delegation from South Asia met with him in Israel and that the delegation included two Pakistani American citizens.
According to reports, during the talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Israeli president confirmed meeting with a Pakistani delegation but did not reveal the identities of the members of the delegation.
Herzog maintained that the two Pakistani nationals were permanently residing in the United States but were “proud Pakistanis”.
He further stated that the meeting with the Pakistani delegation was “very welcome” and that he was pleasantly surprised because no Pakistani delegation had ever visited Israel before.
