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Riyadh conference widened sectarian divide: Aziz
[DAWN] Conceding that the recent US-Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh widened the sectarian divide in the world, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj PrunefaceAziz  ...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and badjihadis as a matter of national policy... observed on Thursday that Pakistain would have to tread carefully in pursuing efforts for greater unity. While addressing the Senate on a calling attention notice concerning the mandate of the 41-nation military alliance, Mr Aziz ruled out the possibility of an attack on Iran by the coalition. He said the Saudi foreign minister had clarified that the coalition members would be free to decide the activities they wanted to participate in. These activities included political consultations, intelligence-sharing, capacity-building, building counter-narratives and military cooperation. He made it clear that the parliament’s resolution of April 10, 2015 would continue to serve as a guideline for Pakistain to maintain a balanced position in regional conflicts. He said that Pakistain would support the territorial integrity of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and protect the sanctity of Harmain Sharifain. "We will not do anything in deviation of the resolution," he assured the house. He said the military coalition’s terms of reference were yet to be finalised, and added that statements by Saudi authorities would not become ToR. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-03 |
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