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Religious minister for further ties with Palestine

ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): Minister for Religious Affairs and
Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Friday said Pakistan
and Palestine were having close brotherly relations and hoped
that those bilateral relation would grow further in the same pace.
Talking to Palestinian Ambassador Waleed Abu Ali, the minister
said Pakistan was the first country, which supported Palestinian
movement and stressed enhancing the same cultural and religious values
between the two countries, a press release said.
The minister congratulated the opening of Palestinian Embassy
in Pakistan. Both discussed the matters of mutual interest.
Palestinian ambassador invited minister of religious affairs
to visit Kiblah Awwal Bayt-ul-Maqdis.