Pakistan has reaffirmed its solidarity with the Palestinian people in their legitimate struggle for dignity, justice and self-determination.

The support was expressed by Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmad while speaking at the UN Security Council's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East.

He said Israel, the occupying power, must immediately halt all unlawful measures aimed at altering the legal, geographic and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This includes a complete end to all illegal settlement expansion, settler violence, annexation measures, and the forced displacement of Palestinians, in line with Security Council resolutions.

The Ambassador said Gaza Peace Plan and Resolution 2803 must be implemented fully and in good faith, starting with full enforcement of the ceasefire and its proper verification.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad emphasized that the only viable path to peace for all people in the region is a just, comprehensive peace based on UN Security Council resolutions and international legitimacy, with the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian State on the pre-1967 borders, with Al Quds al Sharif as its capital.