He met Tulia Ackson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and discussed Kashmir, water disputes and regional security
Pakistan’s parliamentary delegation, led by the Speaker of the Senate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, meets the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Dr. Tulia Ackson. PHOTO: PAKISTAN’S PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UN ON X
Chairman of the Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that violations of binding treaties erode respect for international law when he met the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the sidelines of a United Nations event.
Violation of binding treaties erodes respect for international law: Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani
Pakistan’s parliamentary delegation, led by the Senate President, meets the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
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According to an X-post and state television Radio PakistanGilani made the remarks during a meeting with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Dr. Tulia Ackson in conjunction with the two-day IPU annual parliamentary hearing at the UN in New York.
Accompanied by other members of the high-level parliamentary delegation, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, met Dr. Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in conjunction with the two-day IPU Parliamentary Hearing at the UN.
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He said the failure to implement UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, as well as what he described as India’s weaponization of water, undermined international law, the UN Charter and the sanctity of international treaties, with serious consequences for peace and stability in South Asia.
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Calling India’s move to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty a “dangerous precedent”, Gilani said the action constituted a flagrant violation of international law and threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions of Pakistanis.
Regarding Afghanistan, Gilani said that Pakistan sought a stable and prosperous neighbor, but remained concerned about the use of Afghan soil for attacks against Pakistan. He said there was a pattern of militant violence emanating from Afghanistan, where groups including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Baloch Liberation Army, Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Khorasan operated, and said the Taliban had failed to fulfill its international obligations against terrorism.
Ackson, for his part, praised Pakistan’s role in promoting dialogue in multilateral diplomacy, according to a statement from the meeting as well as in the X-post of Pakistan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations official account.
