ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Foreign Ministry Shah Mehmood Qureshi shows fullsupport for Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohammad Muslim 5 Nations initiative.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has shown Pakistan’s full support forthe Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad’s initiative of acollaboration of five Muslim nations, which include Pakistan, Indonesia,Turkey, Qatar, and Malaysia, for socio-economic development in the region.
Qureshi made these remarks while speaking at the second Kuala Lampur SummitMinisterial Meeting in the Doha.
Addressing the meeting, Qureshi maintained that the challenges faced byMuslim countries in the field of governance, development, climate change,terrorism, and Islamophobia required a comprehensive response.
The foreign minister noted that the ‘juggernaut of globalization’ wascausing civilizational and cultural erosion for Muslim Ummah andunderscored the need for preventive measures.
We must not only make sure that we are not left behind but can preserve ourunique civilizational identity, cultural personality, and nationalsovereignty.
He highlighted that Pakistan, Iran, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Turkeycombined, produce 50% of the total GDP of the Muslim world.
We must have the requisite political and diplomatic space to enhancebeneficial cooperation among us for socioeconomic development.
Qureshi added that during the KL summit, Pakistan will propose cooperationin the fields of trade, tourism, Islamic banking, food security, highereducation, science and technology, and women empowerment among the Muslim-5countries.