said.
In the background is India’s attempt to seek sanctions against Pakistan after alleged Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was released on bail.However, China blocked India’s attempts in a UN Sanctions Committee against Pakistan. “India has been making attempts to politicise the work of this technical body of the UN Security Council by making unfounded allegations about Pakistan’s non-compliance with the UN sanctions”, the spokesman noted but did not at any point name Lakhvi.
He said that the overall aim of the 1267 sanctions regime is to address the threat posed by Al Qaida while Pakistan is fully complying with its international obligations with regard to implementation of these sanctions.
“Pakistan’s numerous efforts including past as well as ongoing extensive law enforcement operations are a major factor in weakening Al Qaida in the region. No other country can match this level of contribution, cooperation and sacrifice towards the objective of the Security Council sanctions”, he added.
The UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee oversees the implementation of the 1267 sanctions regime. The Committee is supported in its work by Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team (commonly known as ‘Monitoring Team’), which has made numerous visits to Pakistan over the past several years.
The Monitoring Team most recently visited Pakistan in January 2015 and issued a very positive report on Pakistan’s numerous measures towards implementation of the 1267 sanctions regime.
“India, on the other hand, as you are aware, is in violation of various resolutions of the Security Council, particularly on Jammu and Kashmir dispute”, said the spokesman.Never the less as India’s continues to attack Pakistan at the UN, recently in Dhaka and at home Pakistan reminded New Delhi that this was against the norms of interstate relations and conduct.
Taking the moral high ground the spokesman said, “I wish to underscore that peace, security and stability of our region depends on peace, security and stability of the countries comprising the region. Pakistan fully understands and appreciates this. We, therefore, are committed to a policy of good neighborly relations. We hope India would partner with Pakistan in this mission.”
Pakistan rejected recent allegations that the ISI was behind the recent attack on the Afghan Parliament. “Pakistan is a well-wisher of Afghanistan. We are committed to our relations with Afghanistan. Both sides have been interacting at the highest level. We have said in the past and I wish to reiterate that enemies of Afghanistan are enemies of Pakistan. One of the principles of our relations with Afghanistan is that we will not allow our soil to be used against each other”, responded the spokesman to a query.
He said that Pakistan was cooperating with Afghanistan on counter-terrorism and had agreed to take coordinated actions in this regard. “Terrorist attacks have taken place in Pakistan as well but our cooperation with Afghanistan has continued as it is in the interest of the peoples of the two countries”, he added.
Also the spokesman said that Pakistan will continue to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process. “The Adviser said that Pakistan had facilitated the first meeting. The details of the second meeting are being discussed by the Afghans themselves. However, as before, Pakistan will facilitate the meeting”, he said.