Pakistan to continue diplomatic, moral support to Palestine: President

JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 7 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Monday said the Pakistani government and people had always stood steadfastly with their Palestinian brethren for their just cause and would continue to extend diplomatic and moral support to them. In a meeting with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of fifth Extraordinary Meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), President Mamnoon called for an independent state of Palestine and end to all illegal settlements of Israel.