Middle East: Pakistan calls for restrain, moving towards de-escalation
Pakistan is watching with deep concern the ongoing developments in Middle East, said the Foreign Office in a statement issued on Sunday, just hours after Iran carried out a retaliatory attack on Israel in which it used hundreds of missiles and drones.
The Foreign Office said Pakistan had for months “underlined the necessity of international efforts to prevent expansion of hostilities in the region and for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“On 2 April 2024, Pakistan had pointed to the dangers of the attack on an Iranian consular office in Syria as major escalation in an already volatile region,” the statement recalled.
BREAK DOWN OF DIPLOMACY
At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also regretted that the international community and diplomatic channels failed to address the challenge, terming it as a “breakdown of diplomacy” and the UN Security Council’s failure.