ISLAMABAD: Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Conference in Islamabad will bridge the gap between the Taliban and the world.
Talking to media in the Parliament House today, Qureshi said that Afghanistan is suffering a humanitarian crisis. “The goal of this summit is to highlight and find solutions to the plight of the neighbouring country.”
We need to take steps to protect more than 38 million Afghan families, Qureshi pressed.
He cautioned that Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. People in the country are facing food shortages. The banking and financial system of the country has collapsed. This situation will affect the entire region.
“With the given condition, people will now be forced to leave Afghanistan due to hunger,” the minister warned.
He appealed to the world to “not turn their facing away” from the war-torn country. “Our goal is to unveil to the world the ground realities in Afghanistan.”
Qureshi was confident that the meeting on Sunday will be “historic”.
OIC Conference in Islamabad
Pakistan is hosting the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers conference in Islamabad. The three-day event started on Friday and the Council of Foreign Ministers will be convened on December 19 to be chaired by Saudi Arabia.
A Taliban delegation led by the interim foreign minister is participating in the moot. Special representatives from the United States, Russia, and China are also included in the guests list.
A delegation from Saudi Arabia including Afghan affairs department head Prince Abdullah bin Khalid bin Saud al-Kabir and Prince Jiluwi bin Turki has already arrived in Islamabad on Friday. All the foreign ministers of the OIC members are participating in the Islamabad moot.
