UNITED NATIONS: Pakis­­­­tan has a vital stake in the solution of the multiple conflicts that afflict the Middle East, the country’s top diplomat at the United Nations said at a Security Council meeting.

Speaking in the debate on the situation in the Middle East, Pakistan’s UN Ambas­sa­dor Maleeha Lodhi assu­red the council that the country would work with sincerity to help in any effort to resolve the crises and re-establish peace and security in this central part of the Muslim world.

Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN argued that unless a just and durable solution was found to the Arab-Israeli conflict, it would be difficult to resolve conflicts and crises afflicting the Middle East and to reverse the rise of terrorism and extremism.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2016

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