LAHORE: Following reports of Trump’s decision of moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Foreign Office declared the move illegal on Wednesday.
In a press release, the Foreign Office said, “The step would constitute a clear violation of international law and UN Security Council resolutions particularly UNSCR 478 of 1980 and it would also sidestep decades of global consensus on this issue, undermine regional peace and security as well as derail any prospects for a lasting peace in the Middle East”.
The Foreign Office also said that it fully “endorses the recently adopted Final Communique of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on this issue”.
“Pakistan calls upon the United States to refrain from any move that alters the legal and historical status as well as the character of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, fully comply with all applicable UN Security Council resolutions including UNSCR 478,” the press release said.
Pakistan’s response to reported US move to shift its Embassy to Occupied city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif pic.twitter.com/QDFWgm3QXK
— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@ForeignOfficePk) December 6, 2017
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said that the move would alter the status of Jerusalem and would bury the two states solution.
By moving the embassy US will practically alter the status of Jerusalem..An affront to Palestisns and the Muslim world.. practically burying the two states solutions..Will add another wound to already bleeding body of Muslim Ummah
— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) December 6, 2017
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