The people and Government of Pakistan have noted with grave
concern the reported move by the United States to shift its Embassy to the
occupied City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, thereby altering the legal and historical
status of the city.
Such a step would constitute a clear violation of international
law and UN Security Council resolutions particularly UNSCR 478 of 1980. It
would also sidestep decades of global consensus on this issue, undermine
regional peace and security as well as derail any prospects for a lasting peace
in the Middle East.
The people and Government of Pakistan are unequivocally opposed
to the reported plan of shifting the US Embassy to Al-Quds Al-Sharif. Pakistan
fully endorses the recently adopted Final Communique of the OIC on this issue.
Pakistan calls upon the
United States to refrain from any move that alters the legal and historical
status as well as character of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, fully comply with all
applicable UN Security Council resolutions including UNSCR 478.
While reaffirming full solidarity with the Palestinian people,
Pakistan renews its call for establishment of a viable, independent and
contiguous State of Palestine, on the basis of internationally agreed
parameters, the pre-1967 borders, and with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
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