Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed its consistent and unstinted support for the Pa
lestinian people and the Pa
lestinian cause, which has always been a defining principle of the country’s foreign policy.
“The government and people of Pakistan join the world community in observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Pa
lestinian People (29 November),” Foreign Office said in a statement issued here.
“The commemoration of this day is a reminder to the international community that the question of Pa
lestine remains unresolved and the Pa
lestinian people are yet to realize their inalienable right to self-determination as provided in various resolutions of the United Nations.
“It is also an occasion to reiterate our sup
port and solidarity for the Pa
lestinian people who continue to wage a
just struggle against an illegal and brutal occupation,” the statement added.
The Foreign Office said that the international community must shoulder its responsibility to protect the lives and fundamental rights of the Pa
lestinian people, and play its rightful role in promoting a
just and lasting resolution of the Pa
lestinian question in accordance with international legitimacy in the interest of durable peace and stability in the Middle East.
The international community should also ensure accountability for the widespread violations of international hum
an rights and humanitarian law in the occupied territories, it added.
“We renew our call on this day for a viable, independent and contiguous Pa
lestinian State, with pre-1967
borders, and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital being the only just, comprehensive and lasting solution of the Pa
lestinian question, in accordance with the relevant United Nations and OIC resolutions,” the statement concluded.
