Pakistan PM says no recognition of Israel until agreement with Palestinians
Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan will not recognize Israel until there is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has hinted that the South Asian country is being pressured to recognize Israel. However, according to him, Pakistan has no plans to establish relations with the Jewish state.
In an interview with a Pakistani television station on Thursday, Khan dodged a question on whether Pakistan is being pressured by Muslim states to establish relations with Israel.
“Leave this. There are things we cannot say. We have good relations with them,” Khan reportedly said.
The Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported that the question was in reference to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have strong relations with Pakistan. The UAE established relations with Israel in September. Saudi Arabia has yet to take any such steps, but it opened its air space to Israeli planes following the UAE-Israel deal and agrees with Israel on issues pertaining to Iran.
