The meeting will focus on implementing the Gaza Peace Agreement and consolidating the regional ceasefire
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during a meeting in Islamabad on September 30. Photo: x.com/File
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar will travel to Istanbul on Monday for a one-day visit to attend the coordination meeting of Arab-Islamic foreign ministers, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The visit is being held at the invitation of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting will focus on the implementation of the Gaza peace agreement and regional efforts to consolidate the ceasefire. Pakistan remains committed to the Arab-Islamic Peace Initiative that led to the signing of the Gaza Peace Agreement in Sharm El-Sheikh.
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The statement said Pakistan would stress the need for full implementation of the ceasefire agreement and Israel’s complete withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territory, especially Gaza.
“Pakistan will also emphasize the need for the provision of unfettered humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians and the reconstruction of Gaza,” the foreign ministry said.
It added that Islamabad will reiterate the need for collective efforts to achieve an independent, viable and contiguous State of Palestine, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, based on pre-1967 borders and in accordance with relevant UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
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“Pakistan has been, and will continue to be, committed to efforts to restore peace, justice and dignity to the Palestinian people, as well as ensure the realization of their right to self-determination,” the statement concluded.
The State Department noted that Pakistan, along with seven other Arab-Islamic countries, has participated in engagements aimed at securing a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza following the peace initiative that culminated in the Sharm El-Sheikh Agreement.
Israel and Hamas signed a landmark ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal on Oct. 10, the first phase of a U.S.-brokered peace plan aimed at ending a devastating two-year war in Gaza that has claimed more than 67,000 Palestinian lives and reshaped Middle East politics.
The agreement – brokered by the US, Qatar, Egypt and Türkiye – commits both sides to halt hostilities, facilitate the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and allow large-scale humanitarian aid to Gaza.
On October 13, mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye signed a document with US President Donald Trump formalizing the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The document was signed during an international summit hosted by Egypt in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, where Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was also present.
