Volkan Bozkir expresss support for the longstanding dispute of Jammu and Kashmir, linking it with peace and stability of South Asian region.
President elect of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has stressed that resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute is key to sustainable peace in South Asia.
Addressing a news conference along with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad today, he said regional security should be maintained through political and diplomatic means. He said difficult challenges can be resolved peacefully through meaningful mutual engagements.
Volkan Bozkir said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Prime Minister Imran Khan presented their approach to the issue during talks today. He said if my assistance is requested by the parties, he will be ready to provide contributions within his mandate.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the UN Security Council has deliberated on the lingering dispute three times in a year which is unprecedented and we are grateful to it.
He said Pakistan desires that the discussion on the dispute is also held in the UN General Assembly as it is the pulse of the world that highlight the views of the comity of nations.
The Foreign Minister said the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir are concerned over the demographic change taking place there.
Prime Minister says the United Nations must play its role in addressing the grave human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
Volkan Bozkir said Pakistan is a key country at the United Nations which makes extensive and substantial contributions to the world body’s work including the peace operations.
He said the UN looks forward to close cooperation with Pakistan.
Referring to his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, the President elect of the UN General Assembly said Imran Khan is a well known political figure in the world who has a vision for the region and the world peace and security as well as also other important issues faced by the world including climate change and problems of least developed countries. He stressed the UN role must also be more towards the countries that are in need.
Volkan Bozkir said the world is currently faced with many challenges including humanitarian and deadly conflicts. He said the unprecedented health challenge of Covid-19 is a threat with social political and economic consequences.
Extending condolences to Pakistan over the loss of lives it faced due to Covid-19, Volkan Bozkir said Pakistan has been a good example for the world to deal with the pandemic through its policies. He said Pakistan has done better than other countries.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said he also briefed the President elect of the UN General Assembly about the role played by Pakistan in pushing forward the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, the challenges that lie ahead and the recent positive developments.
Earlier, talking to President-elect of the Seventy-fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir, who called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on Monday, has stressed that the UN must play its rightful role in addressing the grave situation in IIOJK and ensuring that Kashmiris exercise their right to self-determination promised to them in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
The Prime Minister highlighted the dire human rights and humanitarian situation in IIOJK since 5 August 2019, as well as the ongoing gross and systematic violations of human rights of the Kashmiri people and the attempts to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory.
The Prime Minister apprised the PGA-elect of his Government’s initiatives to mitigate and suppress the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, focused on saving lives, securing livelihoods, and stimulating the economy.
He informed that his Government deployed an $8 billion stimulus package for the poor and the needy. This was the highest social security coverage by any Government in the history of Pakistan.
The Prime Minister further highlighted his call for ‘Global Initiative on Debt Relief’ and stressed the need to provide greater fiscal space to the developing countries to overcome deleterious socio-economic impacts of coronavirus pandemic.
The Prime Minister also highlighted the high importance he attached to addressing Climate Change, countering Islamophobia, and combatting illicit financial flows from developing countries.
He expressed the hope that the 75th Session of the UNGA would accord priority to these issues, which affected billions around the world.
The Prime Minister extended warm felicitations to Bozkir on his election as the President of the historic 75th Session of the UN General Assembly.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Imran Khan apprised the PGA-elect of the serious situation in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK), an issue that was on agenda of the UN Security Council for over seven decades.
