US Veto on Gaza Ceasefire Resolution: Reaction from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and UAE

2024-02-21 03:41:52

Dubai United Arab Emirates (CNN)On Tuesday, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement commenting on the use of the United States of America Veto power once morest a draft resolution submitted by Algeria to the Security Council for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

She said Saudi Foreign Ministry in its statement“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s regret over the veto of the draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings, which was submitted by the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to the Security Council on behalf of the Arab countries. The Ministry stressed that there is a need for more “At any time to reform the Security Council, to carry out its responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security with credibility and without double standards.”

She continued: “The Kingdom warns of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings, and the escalation of military operations that threaten international peace and security, and do not serve any efforts calling for dialogue and a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue in accordance with the relevant international resolutions.”

She said The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statementThe Arab Republic of Egypt expressed its deep regret and rejection of the Security Council’s inability once once more to issue a resolution requiring an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, once morest the backdrop of the United States’ use of its veto for the third time, once morest the draft resolution submitted by Algeria on behalf of the Arab Group. Egypt considered that obstructing the issuance of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in an armed conflict that claimed the lives of more than 29,000 civilians, most of them children and women, is a shameful precedent in the history of the Security Council’s dealings with armed conflicts and wars throughout history, which entails responsibility. Moral and humanitarian concerns regarding the continued fall of Palestinian civilian casualties and their continued daily suffering under the yoke of Israeli bombing.”

She continued: “Egypt strongly denounced what the international scene represents in terms of selectivity and double standards in dealing with wars and armed conflicts in different regions of the world, which has begun to call into question the credibility of the rules and working mechanisms of the current international system, especially the Security Council, which is entrusted with the responsibility of preventing and settling conflicts and stopping wars.” The Arab Republic of Egypt affirmed that it will continue to demand an immediate ceasefire as the best means to ensure the bloodshed of Palestinian civilians. It will also continue to make maximum efforts to ensure the implementation of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in a sustainable manner, and to reject any measures that would push towards displacement. Palestinians outside their lands, including the rejection of any Israeli military operations in the Palestinian city of Rafah.”

For his part UAE presidential advisor Anwar Gargash said In a blog post he published on his official page on the Once once more, in the face of narrow political considerations, in light of unprecedented human suffering, the price of which is being paid by civilians.”

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