ISLAMABAD: Pakistan urged the international community to develop a concrete plan for the reconstruction of Gaza in line with the UN Security Council resolutions and take serious note of the latest Israeli raids which could undermine the ceasefire.

Pakistan has expressed its willingness to engage with the new US administration to strengthen bilateral relations, the Foreign Office said.  “We urge the international community to develop a concrete plan for the reconstruction of Gaza in line with UN Security Council resolutions. We also call for accountability for the Israeli crimes committed in this brutal war, describing it as an essential element in restoring international legitimacy,” Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said at her weekly press briefing. He said that Pakistan welcomed the initiation of the Gaza ceasefire and the subsequent release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners which was achieved through the mediatory efforts of Egypt, Qatar, and the United States. He said that Pakistan continued to support the two-state solution based on the fundamental principles of the UN Charter, resolutions of the UN Security Council, and decisions of the International Court of Justice. The spokesperson also unequivocally condemned the latest Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, which resulted in the killing of 10 Palestinians. Such actions potentially undermine the ceasefire in Gaza, and we urge the international community to take serious note of these developments, he remarked. Spokesperson Shafqat Khan told the media that as part of Pakistan’s “Look Africa” policy, Additional Foreign Secretary for Africa, Hamid Asghar Khan, was currently visiting Africa and had already conducted bilateral consultations with officials in Djibouti, Rwanda, and Uganda.

He said in the fourth round of Pakistan-Azerbaijan Bilateral Political Consultations being held in Islamabad on the day, both sides are discussing a broad range of bilateral relations, including cooperation in trade, energy, information technology, defense, health, connectivity, and education sectors.