ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has once again expressed concern about the security threat emanating from Afghanistan and asked the neighbouring country to ensure their soil is used for terrorism.
At this weekly news briefing in Islamabad, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Pakistan has been implementing the transit trade agreement in good faith.
“We have facilitated our landlocked neighbor in its access to the world in terms of trade and we will continue to do so,” the spokesperson said, adding that there have been “some concerns of Pakistan regarding misuse of the transit trade agreement on which we will engage with the Afghan authorities so that these practices do not continue”.
The spokesperson said that Pakistan is concerned about security threat emanating from Afghanistan. She said it is important for the interim Afghan government to ensure that their territory is not used to threaten Pakistan.
The Foreign Office spokesperson confirmed that Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will address the annual UN General Assembly session on September 22 in New York. He will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani.
The spokesperson said the prime minister in his address to the UNGA will outline Pakistan’s perspective on a range of regional and global issues of concern including Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
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The prime minister will elaborate on the significant measures being taken by the caretaker government to consolidate Pakistan’s economic recovery and efforts to mobilize domestic and external investments, the spokesperson added.
The spokesperson further said the prime minister will also participate in a summit on the sustainable development goals and other high-level meetings to be organized under the auspices of UNGA.
She said these will afford valuable platforms to deliberate on effective measures required at the global level to address the most pressing economic and development challenges confronting the global South in the wake of Covid-19, geo-political contestations, and climate change.
The spokesperson said that on the sidelines of the UNGA, the Prime Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with counterparts from various countries. heads of international organizations, philanthropic organizations, and corporate leaders.
He will also engage with other heads of state and government attending the UNGA and interact with the international media.
