Palestine issues regret.
Palestine has issued regret and has recalled its Pakistan ambassador, a day after pictures surfaced of country's Pak envoy attending a rally organised by 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. In a statement, MEA said that the government issued its strong response to Palestine authorities regarding Walid Abu Ali's presence in rally organised by the Difa-e-Pakistan Council in Rawalpindi. Difa-e-Pakistan (Defence of Pakistan) Council (DPC) is an alliance of Islamist groups in Pakistan, including Saeed's outfit. India had summoned Palestine Ambassador to India, Abu Al Haija on Saturday to protest against this incident.
Later speaking to DNA, Haija said that Palestinian envoy to Pakistan will be recalled. He said that the Palestinian foreign ministry will be issuing a statement shortly. Walid has been given couple of days to move out of Pakistan.
MEA in release said, "The concerns were conveyed both in New Delhi to the Palestinian Ambassador and in Ramallah to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, State of Palestine". According to MEA, Palestine authorities expressed regret and promised to take serious cognizance of envoy's presence in that rally. MEA statement said, " They have said they will deal with this matter appropriately. It was also conveyed that Palestine highly values its relationship with India & stands with us in war against terrorism & will not engage with those who commit acts of terror against India".
On Friday, MEA spokesperson had assured that India will take up the matter strongly after reports appeared about Palestine's Pak enoy's presence in Hafiz Saeed's rally. Hafiz Saeed has been declared a global terrorist by UN who is currently out in bail in Pakistan. The Indian government has faced several questions from domestic constituency after voting against Trump's Jerusalem decision in UN. The presence of Palestinian envoy in Saeed's rally have only added to the questions.
With PTI inputs
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