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Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi has stirred a controversy by proposing a one-state solution to the Palestine problem in a significant departure from established policy, prompting the caretaker government to distance itself from the remarks and calls for his resignation...
The presidency initially released a statement attributing to President Alvi the suggestion of a one-state solution during a telephonic conversation with Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas...
If the two-state solution was not acceptable to Israel, then the one-state solution was the only way where Jews, Muslims and [a] good percentage of Christians could live to exercise equal political rights, the original press release quoted Alvi as telling the Palestinian president...
Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Tuesday termed President Arif Alvis proposal of a one-state solution to the Palestine problem as not being in line with the countrys principled and historic stance on the issue...
The foreign minister said the Presidency had not sought input from his ministry before issuing the press release, adding that he was not aware of the context in which the president had suggested the one-state solution...
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