ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Egypt on Saturday condemned Israeli airstrike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital of Doha, the Pakistani foreign ministry said, with the two sides also discussing modalities for an upcoming Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Doha.
Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with the attack in Doha on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing United States-backed efforts to broker a truce in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old conflict.
The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge, while Pakistan on Friday pledged its support to Qatar for the defense of its sovereignty.
On Saturday, Pakistan’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar spoke with his Egyptian counterpart Dr. Badr Abdelatty about the recent developments in the Middle East as well as the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting in Doha.
“Both leaders strongly condemned the Israeli unprovoked illegal strikes on Doha, and discussed the modalities and details of the forthcoming OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Doha, scheduled for Sunday, 14 September,” the Pakistani foreign office said after their conversation.
