Islamabad, June 08, 2023 (PPI-OT): Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar has called for addressing the unresolved disputes and legitimate aspirations of developing countries in an inclusive and representative world order. She expressed these views while addressing the Annual Meeting of the European Council on Foreign Relations at Stockholm during her three-day visit to Sweden. She said that the liberal International order is witnessing stresses marked by unmet expectations and mistrust due to selective application of norms, and re-emergence of great power contestation.

Hina Rabbani Khar regretted that at a time when the world needed to confront modern challenges with a united front, it was presenting a picture of a house divided due to great power competition. She further stressed the dire need for the international community to join hands to realize the much-elusive SDGs, face the impending climate-related crises and avert the possible next pandemics. The Minister of State underscored that developing countries, in particular, felt threatened by the global power contestation.

She explained the major reason is that instead of bringing the world together to meet common threats, the major powers were preoccupied with dividing the world into “us” and “them” in a race for political supremacy. The Minister of State also called for a competition for finding solutions to common problems faced by the international community, instead of a competition for political hegemony. The Annual Meeting of the ECFR provided an opportunity to present Pakistan’s perspective on the issues of regional and global importance and interact with a diverse group of European decision-makers, academics and influencers.

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