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Gregory Meeks says Pakistan’s efforts for region’s peace commendable

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ISLAMBAD: US House of Representative’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Weldon Meeks on Thursday said that efforts of Pakistan to ensure peace and stability in the region were commendable. In a video-link meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi, he said that Pakistan was an important country in the region. The two sides […]

Afghan Jirga speaker appreciates Pakistan’s efforts for regional peace

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Speaker of Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga, Rehman Rehmani on Monday appreciated Pakistan’s efforts and role for achieving lasting peace in the South Asian region. “Afghanistan values its fraternal relations with Pakistan and wants to further strengthen them,” Rehmani, who arrived here to attend a conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) along with […]

FM says Pakistan’s interests lie in peace with India, peace in ‘sovereign’ Afghanistan

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan’s interests lie in peace with India and peace in Afghanistan. “Our interests lie in peace with India and peace in Afghanistan,” he said in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera TV. “Afghanistan is a ‘sovereign’ country and they could have relations with India,” […]

UNSC supports two-state solution; humanitarian assistance in Palestine

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NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council has called for the full adherence to a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian fighters in the bombs-battered Gaza Strip. The 15-member council reached the required full consensus to issue an official statement after earlier attempts at a shared declaration were blocked by the United States during the […]

Abraham Institute to focus on ‘trade, tourism’ between Arabs, Israel

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  Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law who served as an adviser in the Trump administration, is founding the Abraham Accords Institute for Peace to cement normalisation deals between Israel and Arab countries. Recently, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan all signed the Abraham Accords, a US-brokered agreement to recognise Israel and normalise relations, […]

US says Syria is stalling peace, urges new way to elections

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The United States accused the Syrian government Thursday of stalling political negotiations and called for a new route to UN-monitored elections and a nationwide cease-fire that would end the country’s eight-year conflict. Acting US Ambassador Jonathan Cohen called for Russia and Syria to de-escalate military operations in the last rebel-held strongholds in Idlib and northern […]

Fighting grips Yemen’s Hodeidah port, complicating peace moves

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Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed pro-government forces battled in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, breaching a ceasefire and potentially complicating a troop withdrawal agreement intended to pave the way for wider peace talks. Hodeidah port, which has been under Houthi control, is a lifeline for millions of Yemenis threatened by starvation because of the […]

Mikaal Zulfiqar impressed by Akshay Kumar’s stance on peace

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Model-turned-actor Mikaal Zulfiqar said on Thursday that Bollywood actors should take lessons of peace from actor and producer Akshay Kumar. In an interview to BBC, the artist said, “An actor needs to be neutral and to be a peacemaker if anything. I would like to commend Pakistani actors that despite facing propaganda, despite facing bans, […]

Haftar’s ally UAE says ‘extremist militias’ control Libyan capital

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The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that “extremist militias” were controlling the Libyan capital which its ally Khalifa Haftar is fighting to capture from forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognised government. The UAE, along with Egypt, support Haftar who they see as a bulwark against Islamist militants in North Africa. A 2017 UN report […]