Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he recently received a delegation of Pakistani Americans, calling him “an amazing experience”and referring to this as an example that showed him”great change” regarding Israel’s ties with Muslim world.
These words the Duke uttered during special speech at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on 26 of May in Davos, Switzerland, talking about the Abraham Accords, a US-brokered deal. in 2020, the year in which the normalization took place of relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.
“The agreements of Abraham give much of harvest. How would you see it for scope expansion of cooperation?” WEF President Börge Brende asked.
“I’ll tell you, you know we see it in all levels of life. Not to mention just one visit. We see interest on all economic, scientific, innovative levels, but I will tell you more about personal feelings,” the president replied.
The Duke said he received two delegations last the week that showed great change”.
“One was a delegation of young opinion leaders from Morocco who leveled on facebook with Israeli [group]. They both came and sat down with us for hour and it was just amazing to listen experience of overcoming barriers and moving forward and weave with each other,” he said.
next day, said the Duke, he received a delegation of Pakistani expatriates who lived in USA “together with other members of Another countries in them region”.
“And I have to say it was amazing experience. We did not have group of Pakistani leaders in Israel in such a range. And it all stems from Abraham’s agreements, meaning that Jews and Muslims can live together. in in region […].”
Although the Duke did not mention details about the Pakistanis, he met Sharaka – an Israeli non-government organization (NGO) – organized the visit of Pakistani-American delegation to “promote peace in Near East”.
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Pakistan does not recognize Israel and therefore has no diplomatic relations with It. Pakistan has been a staunch supporter of requirements for Palestinian state. After the Abraham Accords Pakistan made clear that he cannot recognize Israel until just the settlement of Palestinian issue” is found.
“Per just and lasting peace, it is essential to have a two-state solution. in conformity with relevant United Nations and organizations of resolutions on Islamic cooperation, with pre-1967 borders and capital Al-Quds Al-Sharif of a viable, independent and uninterrupted Palestinian state,” the Foreign Ministry said at the time.
However, two countries maintained undeclared contacts at a lower level for a long time and the only known interaction took place on September 1, 2005 between the then foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli colleague Silvan Shalom.
Meanwhile, PTI leader Shirin Mazari interpreted the Israeli leader’s comments as “another commitment.” made in the United States as part of a plot to change the regime by imported government and other accomplices executed!”
“Shameful servility!” she said on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Imran Ismail of PTI said that all these who called party chairman Imran Khan was a “Jewish agent”, their whole life now turned out to be “certified Jewish agents and slaves.
Pride of nation up for auction off because of this shameful slavery, he said.
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, meanwhile, said that official or semi-official The Pakistani delegation held meetings.
He said policy of in government was “clear”and it did not recognize the state of Israel. “All our sympathies with our Palestinian brothers and sisters, Iqbal added.
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