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'Our expressions of solidarity need concrete shape,' PM Abbasi tells Muslim leaders at OIC summit

2017-12-14 09:33:21       source:The Dawn

December 13, 2017


Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday complained that there has been a lack of substance in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) expressions of solidarity with struggling Muslim nations. He was speaking at an emergency conference of the OIC.


"Pakistan urges the United States to rescind this decision [to move its embassy to Jerusalem], fully comply with all applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions, and to recommit unequivocally to the two-state resolution," the prime minister said while addressing the OIC summit, being hosted in Turkey.


"On behalf of the people and the Government of Pakistan, I strongly condemn this decision. Our parliament has echoed these sentiments.We all stand firmly behind the Palestinian people and their just struggle," he said.


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