Islamabad: Jan 22, 2020 (TNS): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has emphasized the importance of maximum restraint and steps for de-escalation by all sides in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Talking to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a telephonic conversation on Wednesday, he said situation in Gulf region carries serious implications for the peace and security as well as world economy.<\/p>\n
He also apprised British Foreign Secretary about evolving security situation of the region and shared Pakistan’s concerns with regard to the latest developments in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
He apprised of Pakistan’s efforts to defuse tensions in the region through active diplomatic engagement with relevant parties.<\/p>\n
He also highlighted grave human rights and humanitarian situation in Indian occupied Kashmir and urged UK to play its role in peaceful resolution of the dispute.<\/p>\n
Shah Mahmood Qureshi also briefed his British counterpart on Pakistan’s efforts in the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
The Foreign Minister invited Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to visit Pakistan at his earliest convenience.<\/p>\n
British Foreign Secretary appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to support diffusion of tensions and secure peace and security in the region.<\/p>\n
He also highlighted the positive trajectory of Pak-UK relations and expressed hope that these will continue to strengthen in the years ahead.<\/p>\n
The two Foreign Ministers agreed to continue to work together to strengthen bilateral cooperation and to ensure peace and security of the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: Jan 22, 2020 (TNS): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has emphasized the importance of maximum restraint and steps for de-escalation by all sides in the Middle East. Talking to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a telephonic conversation on Wednesday, he said situation in Gulf region carries serious implications for the peace and security […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89168,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89167\/revisions\/89168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}