Premier says his government has changed Pakistan’s decades-long policy of pushing for strategic depth in Afghanistan
Reuters
June 04, 2021
Pakistan s Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 4, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that Pakistan is pushing for a political settlement in Afghanistan before foreign troops leave later this year, to reduce the risk of civil war in its western neighbour.
The United States has said it will withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan on September 11 after a two-decade presence.
More than 20 allied countries plan to follow suit. There is a lot of fear right now in Pakistan and I assure you that we are trying our level best that there is some sort of political settlement before the Americans leave, PM Imran told
India Abstained Earlier Too: Centre on Gaza Violence Vote At UN Body India Abstained Earlier Too: Centre on Gaza Violence Vote At UN Body MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Palestine has written to all countries who abstained.
The position India took is not new, the External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson said. File
New Delhi:
India s position to abstain at the UNHRC during the resolution to probe Gaza violence is not new and the country has abstained on previous occasions also, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.
Responding to a question on the Palestinian foreign minister writing to his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on India abstaining during the voting in the United Nations Human Rights Council on the issue, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said a similar letter has been written to all countries who abstained.
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India's decision to abstain at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the resolution to probe the Gaza conflict is not new and the country has abstained on previous occasions too, External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.
India s position not new: MEA on UNHRC vote on Gaza
ANI
04 Jun 2021, 05:37 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India s decision to abstain at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the resolution to probe the Gaza conflict is not new and the country has abstained on previous occasions too, External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said to a media query that Foreign Minister of Palestinian National Authority had written letters to foreign ministers of countries who abstained at the UNHRC resolution. The resolution proposed to set up a commission of inquiry into violations related to recent violence in Gaza.