ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, along with nine other countries, strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on and interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla.
In a joint statement issued here by the Foreign Office on Tuesday, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of 10 countries, including Pakistan, Türkiye, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Maldives, Spain have vociferously condemned the renewed Israeli assaults against the Global Sumud Flotilla, a peaceful civilian humanitarian initiative aimed at drawing international attention to the catastrophic humanitarian suffering of the Palestinian people.
The Foreign Ministers recalled with grave concern the Israeli interventions against previous flotillas in international waters and condemned the continuation of hostile acts targeting civilian vessels and humanitarian activists. Joint statement added, “Such assaults, including attacks against the vessels and the arbitrary detention of activists, constitute blatant violations of international law and international humanitarian law.”
The Ministers express serious concern regarding the safety and security of the civilian participants of the flotilla and call for the immediate release of all detained activists, as well as for full respect for their rights and dignity, the statement noted.
The Ministers further stress that repeated attacks against peaceful humanitarian initiatives reflect the continued disregard for international law and freedom of navigation. They call on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities, ensure the protection of civilians and humanitarian missions, and take concrete steps to end impunity and ensure accountability for these violations.
The organisers of the flotilla said Israeli forces had intercepted 10 of their boats and that contact had been lost with a total of 23 vessels in the eastern Mediterranean, media reports highlighted.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
