Pakistan joined other Islamic countries’ foreign ministers on Friday in strongly condemning Colombia’s inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem, saying the move breaches United Nations Security Council resolutions and damages efforts toward a just, lasting peace based on a two-state solution.
A joint statement released through Pakistan’s Foreign Office set out the shared rejection. Public accounts differ slightly on the exact headcount—some describe 18 participating states including Pakistan, while others refer to Pakistan and 18 partners—but the Foreign Office text named Pakistan alongside Egypt, Palestine, Türkiye, Djibouti, Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, Qatar, Jordan, Somalia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Algeria, Oman, Syria, and Sudan.
Why the ministers rejected the embassy move
The foreign ministers said any measure meant to alter the legal or historical status of occupied Jerusalem, or to recognise it as Israel’s capital, is “null and void” and has no legal effect. They tied that stance to UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, especially Security Council Resolutions 476 and 478 from 1980.
Those resolutions, they noted, reject attempts to change Jerusalem’s character or status and call on states to pull diplomatic missions out of the city. The ministers described Jerusalem as part of the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967.
What they asked Colombia to do
The statement urged the Colombian government to reconsider and reverse its decision, meet its obligations under international law, and avoid steps that harm the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. The ministers also restated support for the Palestinian people’s right to an independent, sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Where this fits in Pakistan’s position
For Pakistani readers, the episode is a diplomatic signal rather than a domestic policy change: Islamabad is aligning with a group of Muslim-majority states against recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital through embassy placement. The statement frames Colombia’s Colombia Jerusalem embassy inauguration as incompatible with the UN framework the ministers cite, not as a bilateral dispute with Pakistan alone.
No Pakistani economic or travel measures were announced in the statement. The immediate consequence described in the text is political and legal: a collective finding that the inauguration lacks legal effect and a public call for Colombia to reverse course.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Pakistan aur kai Islamic mamalik ke foreign ministers ne Colombia ke Jerusalem mein embassy kholne ki sakht mukhalifat ki hai. Unhone kaha yeh qadam UN ke faislon ke khilaf hai aur uska koi qanooni asar nahi. Woh Colombia se kehte hain ke yeh faisla wapas le. Yeh Pakistan ki Palestine aur East Jerusalem wale moqaf ki wazeh himayat hai.
