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President Zardari to present Pakistan’s point of view on promoting religious harmony at UNGA |
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NEW YORK, Sept 24 (APP) :President Asif Ali Zardari, who had arrived here on Sunday evening will highlight the challenges being faced by the international community to promote peace and security at global level and present Pakistan’s point of view to promote religious harmony when he will address the 67th General Assembly session on Tuesday. “President Zardari will present Pakistan’s efforts and measures taken by Pakistan government for ensuring peace and security in the regional and at international level,” said Ambassador Masood Khan while briefing the media persons here on Sunday night regarding the salient features of President’s Zardari’s address to the General Assembly session.
Ambassador Masood Khan,
who especially flew into New York for the session of General Assembly,
said due to the importance of Pakistan and being a key player in the war
against terror, the international community will listen the address of
the President.
He said Pakistan is very
important and key player in maintaining peace and security in the region
and its sacrifices had been acknowledged by the international
community.
Answering a question,
he said, Pakistan always supported Afghan owned and Afghan led
reconciliation process and would continue to so in future to ensure
peace and security in the region.
He said due to neighboring countries, peace in Afghanistan will have direct impact on Pakistan.
Ambassador
Masood said Pakistan is member of the Security Council of the United
Nations therefore it has great concern about peace and security in the
region and in the world.
He said President
Zardari will meet foreign ministers of China and United States besides
holding an important trilateral meeting with leadership of Afghanistan
and Britain for finding a permanent solution to the present Afghan
crisis.
Replying to a question, Ambassador
Masood said, although U.S. is an important partner of Pakistan for
resolving the Afghan crisis, but any consultation with other partners
always helpful in resolving the issues and avoids conflicts.
Ambassador
Masood said President will especially highlight the reaction of the
Muslims Ummah, particularly shown by the people of Pakistan, on the
sacrilegious film that has created unrest among the Muslims of the
world.
He said Muslim countries especially at
the platform of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have the
support from the European Union, African Union and Arab League regarding
the improvement of international laws to stop the events of disgracing
of any religion.
He said Pakistan wants that
there should be some strict laws made by the international organizations
like United Nations to face the challenges like hatred on the basis of
religion.
He said President Zardari will
highlight the need to amend the laws so that no one case plays with the
religious feelings of any religion.
Ambassador
Masood said participation of President Zardari in the 67th General
Assembly session and his address will improve Pakistan’s image in the
international community as Pakistan has been playing an important
role.
Commenting on Pak-US
relations, Ambassador Masood said, these ties are now going back on
track and all the important issues were discussed during the meeting
between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Hina
Rabbani Khar held in Washington.
He said both
the foreign ministers reviewed full spectrum of the bilateral relations
in all fields and agreed to continue this dialogue process in
future.
Earlier, President Asif
Ali Zardari was given warm welcome when he arrived here on Sunday
evening to attend the General Assembly Session.
Besides
the U.S. President Barack Obama, leaders from the member states of
United Nation will be attending the General Assembly session which will
start with the address of President Obama.
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Presidential address to the joint sitting of parliament |
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