Pakistan s Israel-Bashing FM Faces Awkward Questions About Failure to Condemn China s Xinjiang Abuses cnsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has expressed “deep concern and anguish” on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and stressed the “importance of [a] US role” in addressing the situation, a Pakistani statement says.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi by telephone late on Sunday, according to statements from both governments.
The US statement, however, made no mention of discussion on Israel or Palestine.
“The [Pakistani] Foreign Minister apprised Secretary Blinken of Pakistani people’s deep concern and anguish on the worsening humanitarian situation in the Israeli Occupied Palestinian Territories and underscored the importance of [a] US role in ensuring necessary steps to help address the dire situation, restore peace, and facilitate a just solution,” read the Pakistani statement.
Israeli barbarism enters second week, 200 Palestinians martyred
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The grim number includes 58 children and 40 women
(Dunya News) – The death toll from Israeli attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip rose to 200, including 40 women and 59 children on Monday.
The grim number includes 59 children and 40 women, the ministry said in a statement, while more than 1,300 people have been injured during the offensive.
Before dawn, within just a few minutes, dozens of Israeli strikes bombarded the crowded Palestinian coastal strip controlled by Islamist group Hamas.
Flames lit up the sky as intense explosions shook Gaza City, sparking widespread power cuts and damaging hundreds of buildings, local authorities said.
Pakistan calls for US role in de-escalating Gaza conflict msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chinese, Pakistani FMs hold phone talks over bilateral ties, Afghan issue
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16 May 2021, 02:44 GMT+10
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday that he expects China and Pakistan to take the opportunity of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties to open up a brighter prospect for bilateral relations. In a telephone conversation with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Wang said the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan is unique, and China-Pakistan relations have become a model of friendly cooperation between countries. Wang noted that over the past 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, the two sides have firmly supported each other on issues concerning each other s core interests.