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Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, at the UN Security Council session. PHOTO: RADIOPAK
UNITED NATIONS:
Amid a political deadlock between signatories to the 2018 South Sudan peace agreement and a dangerous escalation in armed clashes, Pakistan has called on all stakeholders to recommit to the agreement in good faith and address differences through inclusive dialogue.
“It is time to renew the national consensus,” said Ambassador Asim Ahmad, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, at the UN Security Council, which on Tuesday debated the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, an African country that gained independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011.
At this critical juncture, he highlighted the need to avoid another descent into violence, he warned. “The cost of failure would be borne first and foremost by the people of South Sudan, and would also have profound regional consequences.
“It is time for deeper engagement, not distancing or abandonment,” the Pakistani envoy added.
