Pakistan has underscored the need for resolution of the conflicts in Jammu & Kashmir and Palestine by allowing their peoples to exercise the UN-promised right of self-determination, APP reports.

“The principles of self-determination and the non-acquisition of territory by the use or threat of use of force are fundamental for the maintenance of world order,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told a special meeting of OIC ambassadors at the UN.

“Respect for these principles is critical to realise just solutions for Palestine as well as for the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” Dar said.

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