GENEVA, Switzerland: The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that internal security and economic improvement are priorities of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government besides dealing with the external challenges.
In his address at a Seminar held at Center for Security Policy in Geneva on Wednesday, he said that the government is pursuing multi-pronged strategy despite facing challenges to regional security.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a public conversation at Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Foreign Minister discussed Pakistan’s foreign policy, especially in light of the recent developments in the region and its security dimensions. pic.twitter.com/nBuCOLyXLy
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The foreign minister said that Pakistan’s distinctive geographical position carries special importance in formation of the Country’s foreign policy. He said that Pakistan desires peace in the region but it also has to face mischievous activities on the eastern border from India which has expansionist designs.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India abolished the Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 setting aside the UN Security Council resolutions, and now it wants to change demographic composition of Occupied Kashmir.
The foreign minister said that the purpose of his participation in the UN Human Rights Council Session was to apprise the world about the human rights violations being committed by India in occupied Kashmir.
Qureshi said that Pakistan alone is not highlighting the Kashmir issue but European Parliament, British Parliament, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The Washington Post and New York Times are also raising voice on the atrocities being committed in Occupied Kashmir.
