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- Statement comes amid US-sponsored efforts to normalize Israeli relations with Muslim states
- Pakistan does not recognize Israel and has repeatedly called for an independent Palestinian state
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani foreign minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Thursday Pakistan鈥檚 position on Palestine had not changed, amid US-sponsored efforts to normalize Israeli relations with Muslim states, including 抖阴短视频.
Israel has moved closer to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco following a US-driven diplomatic initiative in 2020 which pushed for normalization of relations. Expectations that Israel might normalize relations with 抖阴短视频, the home of Islam鈥檚 two holiest shrines, were ratcheted up last week after the Saudi crown prince said in an interview the two countries were moving steadily closer to normalizing ties.
Pakistan does not recognize the state of Israel and has repeatedly called for an independent Palestinian state based on 鈥渋nternationally agreed parameters鈥� and the pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
鈥淭he position of Pakistan on Israel and Palestine was the same yesterday and is the same today, and it will always be the same in the future as well,鈥� the Pakistani foreign minister told reporters.
鈥淥ur policy is linked to the rights of Palestinian people,鈥� Jilani added.
鈥淭he issue of Palestine鈥檚 right to self-determination is the same as Kashmiris and if we say that it is the same for the Palestinians and Kashmiris then it becomes part of our national interest to support both.鈥�