[India is to dispatch a planeload of 25 tons of food, tents, medicine and other supplies for possible delivery today after Pakistan broke a two-day silence to accept the relief aid.] When it is a question of tragedy of this magnitude it's not a question of one-upmanship, ... That is why the President of Pakistan has gone on record as having said that we aren't going to stand on ceremony. |
a gesture to underscore the importance that we in Pakistan attach to Israel ending its occupation of Gaza. |
As far as this process of engagement is concerned... there had been back-channel contacts for decades, and now a lot started appearing in the newspapers as well.... But we felt that the time has come that we must go public. |
Islam is a religion of peace and it has lived in peace and harmony with other faiths for centuries and can do so in future as well, |
Pakistan attaches great importance to Israel ending its occupation of Gaza, ... We see this development as a beginning of the process of [the ending] of Israeli occupation and establishing a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and security. Pakistan has, therefore, decided to engage with Israel. |
Pakistan attaches great importance to recent developments in Israel and Gaza. Pakistan has therefore decided to engage diplomatically with Israel, |
Pakistan strongly condemns anyone attacking innocent people, |
that the assumption that Islamic countries cannot live in peace with the Jewish state is not correct, if Israel were to vacate occupied territory. |
The meeting today does not mean recognition, ... That stage will come following progress toward the solution of the Palestinian problem. |
What is their crime? Their only wish is to meet with their relatives. |
When it is a question of tragedy of this magnitude, it's not a question of one-upmanship, ... That is why the president of Pakistan has gone on record as having said that we aren't going to stand on ceremony. |