The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday that Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir reaffirmed Pakistan’s position on the Palestinian issue during his meeting with Antonio Guterres, who is the secretary-general of the UN.
During the meeting, the army chief asked the UNSG to “mobilize the international community for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza” so that the tragedy in Gaza would not continue. General Munir said that a two-state approach could help solve the problem.
“COAS particularly shared deep concerns over the plight of the innocent civilians who are being brutally targeted and are not being provided with sufficient humanitarian relief.”
He also talked about IIOJK, which stands for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He said, “Peace in South Asia will remain elusive until a peaceful solution to the longstanding Kashmir dispute is found in line with UNSC resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.”
India’s attempts to change the status of the disputed region are illegal and against the will of the United Nations Security Council, according to the military’s media wing. General Munir spoke out against these actions.
When the UNSG got to New York to meet the COAS, he or she thanked them for their service and said how much they valued the Pakistan Army and police forces’ efforts to keep the world safe and peaceful.
ISPR said that the army chief reaffirmed that Pakistan will continue to back the UN in all of its work.
COAS’s trip to the US
During his trip to the US, General Asim Munir has met with important civilian and military leaders, such as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defence General (retd) Llyod J. Austin, Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer, and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown.
The ISPR says that topics of mutual interest, global and regional security, and ongoing conflicts were talked about at the meetings.
Both sides decided to keep talking to each other and look into ways that they could work together to achieve their common goals.
This trip comes after top US officials went to Pakistan in the first week of December.
