Pakistan has expressed the hope that a high-level international conference in June on the Palestine issue and the two-state solution would “restore hope in peace and justice”, while also calling for a ceasefire before that moot.

In a weekly briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Khan reaffirmed Pakistan’s “full support” for the conference, hoping that it would “restore hope in peace and justice through meaningful action”.

Pakistan also commended France and Saudi Arabia for “co-chairing the preparatory consultations” for that meeting, Shafqat said.

“We believe that in the lead-up to the conference: the ceasefire must be fully implemented; the blockade on Gaza must be lifted; humanitarian access must be guaranteed; civilians and humanitarian personnel must be protected.

“Any attempt to forcibly displace Palestinians or annex their land must be unequivocally rejected and effectively prevented,” the FO official asserted.