Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar departed for a one-day visit to Jordan on Tuesday to attend a ministerial meeting aimed at formulating a unified position on the situation in occupied Jerusalem, according to the Foreign Office.
The FO said on X that Dar had left for Amman, where he would “reaffirm Pakistan’s unwavering support for the Palestinian people and their just cause.”
The Ministerial Meeting on Jerusalem, scheduled for Wednesday, will bring together foreign ministers from Arab League member states and a group of Islamic countries to discuss the deteriorating situation in the region, the FO said in an earlier statement. Dar was invited by Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ayman Al Safadi. The FO added that attending foreign ministers will also call on King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of Jordan during the visit.
The foreign minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with counterparts on the sidelines of the gathering to exchange views on regional developments, including the humanitarian situation in Palestine.
The FO described Dar’s participation as “a manifestation of Pakistan’s principled support for the Palestinian people” and reaffirmed the country’s commitment to an “independent, sovereign and contiguous” State of Palestine based on pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
Pakistan and other Muslim countries have repeatedly condemned “continued incursions by extremist Israeli settlers” into Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site, located in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in 1967 and later annexed. The Al-Aqsa compound remains a central symbol of Palestinian identity and a frequent flashpoint. Under long-standing arrangements, Jewish visitors are permitted to enter the compound but not to pray there; while Israel maintains it remains committed to preserving this status quo, Palestinians fear it is being gradually eroded.
In June, the foreign ministers of Pakistan and eight other Muslim countries expressed their “categorical rejection” of any attempts to alter the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites.
