Pakistan stance on Kashmir presented

Published March 27, 2021
ANTALYA: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser exchanging views with the deputy chairman of Afghanistan’s Senate during a meeting on the sidelines of the conference on Friday.—PPI
ANTALYA: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser exchanging views with the deputy chairman of Afghanistan’s Senate during a meeting on the sidelines of the conference on Friday.—PPI

ISLAMABAD: The conference of speakers of parliaments of China, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey has recognised Pakistan’s position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in line with the United Nations Security Council resolutions.

The conference held in Turkey also noted that for ensuring global and regional peace and stability, all outstanding issues in the region, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, should be resolved in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions. The Antalya Declaration also adopted Pakistan’s stance that Covid-19 vaccines must be made affordable for the people of developing countries to ensure access of vulnerable populations to the vaccines.

National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser led the Pakistani delegation to the fourth Speakers Conference on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity in Antalya.

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2021

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