ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkiye have condemned Israel’s “genocidal” policies in Gaza and vowed to advocate for Palestinian rights at all international platforms, the Pakistani prime minister’s office said on Sunday.
The statement came after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tianjin, China on the sidelines of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS).
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 62,000 people, including children, doctors, health workers and journalists, since Oct. 2023, according to Gaza health authorities and the United Nations.
The United Nations (UN) this month warned of crimes against humanity and reported “catastrophic levels of forced starvation” in the territory, with more than two million people at risk of famine.
“The two sides exchanged views on key regional and international developments,” Sharif’s office said in a statement after his meeting with Erdogan.
