ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi strongly condemned theIsraeli violence against innocent and unarmed Palestinians.

The minister while urging the news conference urged the internationalcommunity to take measures to get stopped the Israeli atrocities againstPalestinians and their forced evictions from their homes.

Referring to his telephonic conversation with his Turkey counterpart, theForeign Minister said Mevlut Cavusoglu is in Saudi Arabia and during talkswith the Saudi Foreign Minister today, he will propose an emergencyministerial level meeting of the OIC in order to raise voice on thePalestinian issue.

The foreign minister said that Pakistan would welcome the third-partyfacilitation by Saudi Arabia or any other country for talks with India.

He said that Pakistan is ready to accept mediation but India has alwaysshied away from it, adding: “We will welcome Saudi Arabia’s role tofacilitate talks with India”.

He recalled that the ceasefire agreement between both nuclear power waswelcomed by the world, including Saudi Arabia.

He has emphatically stated that there is no change in Pakistan’s historicand principled position on Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

He said Jammu and Kashmir cannot be an internal issue of India as it is onthe agenda of the UN and there are several Security Council resolutions onit.

The Foreign Minister said Pakistan and Kashmiri people have totallyrejected the illegal steps taken by India on the 5th August 2019. He saidPakistan has raised its voice on the matter at all the internationalforums. He said there is no ambiguity in Pakistan’s stance on thelingering dispute, Radio Pakistan reported.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi said at present no talks are taking place with India.He however said talks can take place if India revisit its policy in theoccupied Kashmir.