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| Gilani calls Kashmir another Palestine |
| Rezaul H Laskar/PTI / Islamabad Feb 13, 2010, 12:39 IST |
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Equating the Kashmir issue with the Palestine problem, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has claimed that peace will remain elusive in South Asia and the West Asia unless these matters are resolved.
Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas here last evening.
The resolution of the Palestine issue "finds resonance in the just and peaceful struggle of Kashmiri people for self-determination," Gilani claimed. "People of Palestine and ... Kashmir are fighting for their just right of self-determination," he said.
Gilani assured Abbas that Pakistan will continue to have a principled stance of absolute support to Palestinian people for their right to self-determination and a sovereign state.
Pakistan wants the total withdrawal of Israel from all occupied Arab territories, including Jerusalem, stoppage of all measures like construction of settlements and a separation wall, excavation beneath the Al-Aqsa mosque and eviction of Palestinians from their homes, he said.
Gilani also expressed disappointment at the current stalemate in the Middle East peace process. He said peace will remain elusive in South Asia and West Asia unless Kashmir and Palestine issues are resolved.
In a separate meeting with Abbas, President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan will continue to extend unequivocal and unreserved support to Palestinian people for the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state.
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