Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday urged Muslim countries to unite against Israeli aggression as he met the Qatari emir and expressed solidarity following Tel Aviv’s recent attacks targeting residential areas in Doha.
Shehbaz Sharif, who travelled to Qatar on a day-long visit, held a “very warm and cordial meeting” with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, according to an official statement.
“Israel’s brazen aggression in the Middle East must be stopped, and the Ummah needs unity among its ranks in the face of Israeli provocations,” Sharif said.
He conveyed Pakistan’s strongest condemnation of the Israeli attack of September 9, calling it a blatant and flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the statement said.
He said that the “leadership and people of Pakistan were deeply disturbed by this attack against the brotherly State of Qatar, which constituted a serious breach of international law,” the statement added.
Sharif appreciated Qatar’s responsible, constructive and mediatory role in efforts to bring peace in Gaza, and stressed that such acts of Israeli aggression were clearly meant to undermine regional stability and threaten ongoing diplomatic and humanitarian efforts, it added. While reaffirming the historic, fraternal bonds between Pakistan and Qatar, Sharif stated that the two countries had proudly stood with each other through thick and thin.