Pakistan will not establish with Israel: President Alvi

President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday dismissed reports of an Israeli business jet landing at the Islamabad International Airport, baderting that Pakistan will not establish ties with Israel, Radio Pakistan reported.

The president speaks to the reports "baseless and unfounded" while speaking to the media at the airport.

Would not negotiate secretly with Israel, says Fawad after reports of 'Israeli' aircraft in Pakistan

The president arrived at the capital airport and joined the queue for immigration. He is traveling to Istanbul on an invitation extended by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Alvi will be addressing the inaugural ceremony of the new International Airport of Istanbul and is expected to hold bilateral meetings with Erdogan and leaders of other countries for the inaugural ceremony.

The saga of an Israeli business jet in Pakistan

On Friday, reports on social media regarding the presence of an Israeli aircraft at Islamabad airport. The plane reportedly spent 10 hours at the airport. The Flight Radar.

Was an Israeli newspaper reporter who flew from Tel Aviv to Islamabad after a brief briefing at Amman.

However, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) denied reports of the presence of an Israeli aircraft in Pakistani airspace or any of the country's airports and "totally baseless" reports on Saturday.

In a tweet, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry also refuted the rumors and underscored that the country would not negotiate with Israel.

"We will not negotiate with Israel or Israel," the information minister said on Twitter in a reply to PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal's tweet asking for clarification regarding reports of an Israeli official's visit.

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