Meeting Tulia Ackson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, he discussed Kashmir, water disputes and regional security.
Pakistan’s parliamentary delegation led by Senate President Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani meets Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Chairperson Dr. Tulia Ackson. PHOTO: PERMANENT MISSION OF PAKISTAN TO THE UN ON THE X
Senate President Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that violations of binding treaties were eroding respect for international law, while meeting the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the sidelines of a United Nations event.
Violation of binding treaties is eroding respect for international law: Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani
Pakistani Parliamentary Delegation Led by Senate President Meets Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President
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According to a publication X and state broadcaster Radio PakistanGilani made the remarks during a meeting with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Dr Tulia Ackson on the sidelines of the IPU’s two-day annual parliamentary hearing at the United Nations in New York.
Accompanied by other members of the high-level parliamentary delegation, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, President of the Senate of Pakistan, met with Dr. Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the sidelines of the IPU’s two-day parliamentary hearing at the United Nations.
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He said the non-implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, as well as what he described as India’s use of water as a weapon, undermined international law, the United Nations Charter and the sanctity of international treaties, with serious consequences for peace and stability in South Asia.
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Gilani called India’s decision to put the Indus Waters Treaty on hold a “dangerous precedent” and said the move was a flagrant violation of international law and endangered the lives and livelihoods of millions of Pakistanis.
Regarding Afghanistan, Gilani said Pakistan was seeking a stable and prosperous neighbor but remained concerned about the use of Afghan soil for attacks against Pakistan. He said there was a pattern of militant violence emanating from Afghanistan, where groups such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the Baluchi Liberation Army, Al-Qaeda and the Khorasan Islamic State operated, and said the Taliban had failed to meet its international obligations on counterterrorism.
Ackson, for his part, praised Pakistan’s role in promoting dialogue in multilateral diplomacy, according to a statement from the meeting as well as the X message of the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the official account of the UN.
