By Xinhua,
Islamabad : Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday said Pakistan expressed grave concern over the attacks in Gaza and called for cessation of the attacks against unarmed and innocent Palestinians.
Talking to a Special Envoy of Iran Gholamhossein Nozari here at the President’s House, Zardari said the attacks were violative of the United Nations Charter.
The News Network International news agency quoted Zardari as saying that the Pakistani government had also urged the international community to bring to end the violence against the Palestinians and promote a peaceful, just and durable settlement of the Palestinian issue in accordance with relevant United Nation Security Council resolutions.
Gholamhossein Nozari delivered a letter from the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
He said that the recent attack and blockade of Gaza by Israeli forces had posed a new threat to peace and stability in the region that called for a concerted action by the Muslim countries.
He said the Palestinians particularly in Gaza were facing great hardships due to blockade and the international community must act to alleviate their sufferings.
Gholamhussein Nozari also highlighted the close relations between Iran and Pakistan and the need to translate them in greater economic cooperation between the two countries.
He also renewed the Iranian President’s invitation to Zardari to visit Iran, which he said would further cement the close relations between the two countries.