Saudi Arabia – A six-party Arab meeting, yesterday, Saturday, in Riyadh, called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
This came in a statement by the Saudi Foreign Ministry, in light of Arab attempts for a truce in the sector, which has been suffering from an Israeli war since last October 7.
The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, chaired, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Riyadh, the ministerial meeting of the Arab Six-Party Ministerial Consultative Group to discuss developments in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
The meeting was attended by the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shukri, his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Al-Safadi, the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Hussein Al-Sheikh, the diplomatic advisor to the President of the Emirates, Anwar Gargash, and the Minister of State in the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muhammad Al-Khulaifi, according to the same statement.
The attendees stressed “the necessity of ending the war on the Gaza Strip, reaching an immediate and complete ceasefire, and ensuring the protection of civilians in accordance with international humanitarian law.”
They also stressed “the necessity of lifting all restrictions that hinder the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.”
They expressed their support for all efforts aimed at international recognition of the independent Palestinian state, in a way that achieves the aspirations of the Palestinian people.
They also stressed “the importance of taking irreversible steps to implement the two-state solution and recognize the State of Palestine on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
They stressed that “the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory,” expressing their “categorical rejection of any attempts to displace the Palestinian people outside their land, and any military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah.”
They warned of “the continuation of illegal Israeli measures in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, which undermine the two-state solution.”
This group is also expected to meet US Secretary of State Blinken in Saudi Arabia, according to two statements by the Egyptian and Jordanian Foreign Ministry, issued earlier on Saturday.
The Arab Group meeting comes on the eve of the launch of the World Economic Forum in Riyadh over the course of Sunday and Monday (April 28 and 29) under the slogan “International Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development,” in the presence of a number of heads of state and more than 1,000 senior officials, international experts, opinion leaders and thinkers. , from 92 countries, according to what was reported by Saudi news on Saturday.
In late March, Cairo hosted an Arab ministerial meeting that included the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Sameh Shoukry, Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud, Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Jordan, Ayman Al-Safadi, and the UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, Reem. Al-Hashemi, and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh.
Blinken, who arrived in the region on his sixth tour since the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, joined this meeting.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving tens of thousands of civilian victims, most of them children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and massive infrastructure destruction, which led to Tel Aviv appearing before the International Court of Justice on charges of “genocide.”
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2024-04-28 12:52:08