BAKU -APP/UNS: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that Pakistan seeks peace but will never allow anyone to challenge its sovereignty or undermine its territorial integrity.
“Just like their Azerbaijani and Turkish brothers, Pakistanis seek peace, but let there be no doubt and no one can ever be allowed to challenge our sovereignty, or undermine our territorial integrity,” the prime minister said while addressing Azerbaijan’s Victory Day parade in Baku.
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Azerbaijan’s Victory Day is celebrated on November 8, which commemorates its triumph in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020, resulting in the liberation of Azeri territories from the Armenian occupation in nearly 30 years.
Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, and Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdog were also present on the occasion. The prime minister said that Pakistan, Turkiye, and Azerbaijan are like three brothers and their hearts beat together.
“They are now standing shoulder to shoulder, celebrating the momentous occasion,” PM Shehbaz added.
The prime minister said five years ago, the courageous sons of Azerbaijan, under the bold and visionary leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, rose to respond to the call of history.
“The world witnessed, in awe, as Azerbaijan’s brave armed forces liberated their ancestral lands of majestic Karabakh. Throughout this entire struggle for liberation, Pakistan stood like a rock with its brotherly country, Azerbaijan,” he added.
He extended the equal felicitation from the Pakistani nation who shared the joy and pride of the Azerbaijani brothers and sisters celebrating the fifth anniversary of their glorious victory of the 44-day patriotic war.
The prime minister said Azerbaijan’s victory in Karabakh was a glorious vindication of a just cause; a beacon of hope, for all nations, striving for sovereignty and self-determination, including the brave and resilient people of Gaza, and Indian Illegally Occupied, Jammu and Kashmir.
