At UNGA, Sharif calls for Gaza ceasefire, praises Trump’s role in South Asia peace
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reiterated a call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as he described Israeli actions in the Middle East as a “rogue behavior,” while offering archrival New Delhi to hold a dialogue for last peace in South Asia.
The Pakistan prime minister was speaking at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, with global leaders in attendance. Sharif spoke about intensifying conflicts, violations of international law, humanitarian crises, terrorism, climate change and a number of other issues threatening the world.
The UNGA session, themed as “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights,” comes in the backdrop of Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, which has killed over 65,000 Palestinians since Oct. 2023, and its military actions in against other Middle Eastern states as well as raging conflicts elsewhere in the world.
Speaking of the situation in Gaza, he said the Israeli leadership has unleashed a shameful campaign against the innocent Palestinians in blind pursuit of its “nefarious goals,” which history will always remember as one of its darkest chapters, calling on the international community to find a path to ceasefire.
