ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria, calling them “unprovoked” and a “dangerous escalatory path,” as the country’s foreign minister chaired high-level UN Security Council meetings in New York under Pakistan’s ongoing presidency.
Tensions have escalated sharply between Syria and Israel this month after sectarian violence erupted in Syria’s Druze-majority region of Sweida, resulting in scores of deaths and prompting a fragile ceasefire. In response, Israel launched airstrikes it says were aimed at protecting the Druze community and demilitarizing southern Syria.
“Pakistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli attacks against the Syrian Arab Republic in contravention of international law and principles of the UN Charter,” the Foreign Office said in its weekly briefing.
“These unprovoked attacks mark a dangerous escalatory path being pursued by Israel in the region with impunity,” the statement added.
“Pakistan expresses its full support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of Syria and calls on the international community to prevent Israel from its acts of aggression that continue to undermine the peace and stability in the entire region.”
