*WASHINGTON – Pakistan will continue to support the establishment of aviable, independent and sovereign State of Palestine and with Al-QudsAl-Sharif as its capital.*
This was stated by Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Chaudhry,while speaking with media in Washington.
He condemned the unprovoked violence unleashed by Israeli forces againstunarmed Palestinians in Gaza who were peacefully protesting the opening ofUS Embassy in Al-Quds.
The ambassador said Pakistan fully endorsed the communique issued atrecently concluded Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit inTurkey urging the international community, including UN Security Council,to play its role in resolving the Palestine issue.
Palestinians seek East Jerusalem as the capital of their state which theyhad prior to welcoming Jews to their land following the Holocaust.
Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector it captured inthe 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a move that is not recognizedinternationally, as its “eternal and indivisible capital”.
Peace talks aimed at finding a two-state solution to the conflict have beenfrozen since 2014.