ShareKUWAIT: Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Saturday the communiqué issued by the joint meeting held in Madrid on Friday on the implementation of the two-state solution in the Middle East. The meeting featured some representatives of Arab and European countries, in addition to the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. In a statement, Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry also praised efforts made by those countries and organizations, mainly the ministerial committee led by Saudi Arabia, to find a solution to the Palestinian cause in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions and stop Zionists ongoing aggression on the brotherly Palestinian people.
In addition, the statement extolled ongoing mediation efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United States in this regard. Hoping for the success of all endeavors to reach a fair solution to the Palestinian cause and end the suffering of Palestinian people, Kuwait urges supporting all efforts of Palestine’s state to obtain a full UN membership and holding an international conference of peace with the participation of all concerned parties, according to the statement.
Ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip has become a unanimous international demand, Adel Al-Asoumi, President of the Arab Parliament and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Observatory for Human Rights (AOHR), said on Saturday. Delivering a speech before the second meeting of the AOHR’s board, Al-Asoumi affirmed that the halt of war in the Strip is a humanitarian and moral necessity and a strategic goal to avoid the impacts of war.
The Palestinian people have been suffering from genocide and ethnic cleansing as well as forced displacement due to the ongoing brutal aggression launched by the Zionist occupation, which claimed the lives of more than 41,000 people and wounded 92,000 others, he stated. The aggression resulted in huge destruction and damage at a time when the international community fails to stop this massacre, he noted. Zionist occupation violations of international law and humanitarian international law are against not only Palestinians but also the global system and its rules, he elaborated.
“We, as the Arab system, have been backing the steadfastness of Palestinian people against Zionist occupation,” he said, calling for intensifying collective efforts and work in support of Palestinians. Amid all ongoing brutal crimes committed by the Zionist occupation, all official and popular efforts must continue until reaching the two-state solution, Al-Asoumi said. He showed support for the results of the Madrid meeting held on Friday, with the participation of some representatives of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, as well as foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and others on how to implement the two-state solution.
He underlined the need for reaching an immediate and permanent ceasefire and giving the Palestinian Authority full control over Rafah crossing and all borders. Al-Asoumi called on the international community to take positive steps to implement the two-state solution, reiterating the observatory’s support to develop the system of Arab human rights. Today’s meeting discusses some topics and approves the minutes of the meeting of the first gathering of the observatory held in June 2024 in Cairo. It also focuses on a proposal on Arab human rights’ award and a draft on exposing Zionist occupation violations and crimes in the Palestinian territories and Gaza, as well as other human rights topics. — KUNA
