Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has strongly condemned Israel’s unprovoked aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, stating that it threatens regional and global security and violates international law.

Addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Dar noted that Israeli aggression against Iran is “not an isolated event”, but part of a “pattern of militarism” that Israel has demonstrated across the Middle East.

“Israeli aggression represents a dangerous escalation, and is a serious threat to peace and stability, not only of the region, but the wider world as well,” the foreign minister stated. “We can all feel the reverberations of this instability.”

Dar added, “As a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, at Iran’s request, Pakistan fully supported convening an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council Court last week to discuss Israeli aggression against Iran. We expressed our full support and solidarity with Iran during the meeting.

“We have also supported various other initiatives on Iran, including a statement by the foreign ministers of a number of Islamic countries, and in the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) and the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency),” he highlighted.

Dar also said Pakistan supports Iran’s right to self-defence as enshrined in Article 51 of the UN Charter, in response to “blatant and unprovoked Israeli aggression”.