Palestinian Ambassador with Hafiz Saeed: Delhi calls it a slap on face of India
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NEW DELHI: India slammed Palestine on Friday for its ambassador in Pakistan sharing a platform with JuD/LeT chief Hafiz Saeed at a rally in Rawalpindi. India is serving a strongly worded demarche to the Palestine government, expressing displeasure, Times of India has reported.
In a late evening statement, MEA spokesperson said tersely, "We are taking up the matter strongly with the Palestinian ambassador in New Delhi and with the Palestinian authorities".
Pictures of the Palestinian ambassador to Pakistan, Waleed Abu Ali circulated on social media after he reportedly attended a rally organized by the Difah e Pakistan Council in Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi. Difah-e-Pakistan Council is an umbrella group of 40 religious and groups in Pakistan, headed by the JuD chief, Hafiz Saeed.
Saeed is banned as a global terrorist by the UN and is accused as the mastermind of the 26/11 attacks. Saeed used the rally to call for an "Islamic summit" to defend Jerusalem from Israel.
The presence of the Palestinian envoy at a JuD rally is a slap on the face for India- just last week India voted for a UNGA resolution against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
India, like 127 other countries voted on the principle that the status of Jerusalem would be decided after a deal between Israel and Palestine. India's vote was seen to be against Israel, a close friend of India, as well as US, its close strategic partner.
