ISLAMABAD : President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday and held talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. During the meeting, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has sought an effective role of the UNGA to end human rights violations in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in light of its vision and resolution of the Kashmir dispute under the Security Council resolutions. The Foreign Minister said Pakistan has apprised all the international forums, including the United Nations, about the Indian nefarious designs. He said India took unilateral steps to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year in clear violation of the UN resolutions and international laws. The Minister said extra-judicial killing of Kashmiris, firing at innocent civilians and violence has become a matter of routine in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Kashmir issue is an international dispute as per the UN resolutions, which has been endorsed by the United Nations in its statement on August 8, 2019. Referring to the efforts against Covid-19 pandemic, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said comprehensive joint efforts will have to be made at international level to fight the pandemic. He said several countries are engaged to develop vaccine for Coronavirus. He hoped that when prepared, the vaccine will be available for all the countries, particularly the developing countries. The two leaders also exchanged views about the efforts for peace and stability in the region, including Afghan peace process. The Foreign Minister said Pakistan has been playing its reconciliatory role for peace in Afghanistan under a shared responsibility. He said intra-Afghan dialogue is imperative for durable peace and stability in the region. Earlier, upon arrival at the Foreign Ministry for talks, President-elect of the UNGA Volkan Bozkir was received by the Foreign Minister. He planted a sapling at the lawns of the foreign ministry to partake in the government’s plantation drive. Volkan Bozkir is visiting Pakistan at the invitation of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Taking to social networking website, Twitter earlier, Volkan Bozkir had said that as the president-elect of the 75th Session of the UNGA, per usual practice, he continues to visit a number of countries upon their invitations. “Within this scope, I will fly to Islamabad tomorrow, to pay my earlier postponed visit to Pakistan, he added.”
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