AMMAN —
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman
Safadi on Wednesday said the Palestinian cause remains “the first Arab central
issue, the basis of conflict and instability in our region.”
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Addressing the
157th regular session of the Arab League at the ministerial level in Cairo,
Safadi noted the solution to the Palestinian issue is based on the two-state
solution, which ends occupation and establishes an independent Palestinian
state with Occupied Jerusalem as its capital on the June 4, 1967 lines, where
Palestinians live in peace and security alongside Israel, is the only way to
achieve a just and comprehensive peace, reported the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
Safadi noted that
prospects for achieving Middle East peace are “absent”, and Israeli measures
that undermine the two-state solution are continuing, which requires “effective
and quick action that stops Israeli illegal measures”.
The Kingdom, he
noted, will continue to work with Arab countries and partners to find a “real”
political horizon to resume serious and effective negotiations to advance
towards a just peace, which represents a strategic Arab choice.
“Israeli
settlements are a violation of international law, and practices to undermine peace
should stop, as well as confiscating lands and displacing Palestinians from
their homes, in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and in Silwan area in
the occupied Palestinian territories,” Safadi warned.
Safadi reiterated
that “Jerusalem is the key to peace, and Arab countries should work together,
on a permanent and systematic basis, to protect its Arab, Islamic and Christian
identity, and preserve its historic and legal status quo and its sanctity.”
Protecting
Jerusalem and its holy sites is an “unwavering Jordanian priority, as His
Majesty King Abdullah, the custodian over Islamic and Christian holy sites in
Jerusalem, dedicates all the kingdom’s capabilities to fulfilling this goal,”
according to Safadi.
Safadi said
support to UNRWA “assists the refugees’ right to a decent life, to education
and to medical treatment.” Support to the agency also affirms the refugees’
right to return to homeland and compensation, he noted, adding that UNRWA
suffers from a severe financial crisis that hinders its capability to carry out
its duty towards refugees in accordance with its UN mandate, hoping it will
continue to receive Arab countries’ support.
Earlier, Safadi
chaired the 3rd meeting of the Arab ministerial committee tasked to take action
to counter illegal Israeli policies and measures in occupied Jerusalem.
The meeting
preceded 157th regular session of the Arab League session, where Safadi
reviewed the Kingdom’s efforts to mobilize international support to stop
Israel’s “illegal and illegitimate” measures in the holy city.
Those Israeli actions aim
at changing the Arab, Islamic, and Christian identity of the occupied city of
Jerusalem and its legal and historic status quo, in a manner that undermines
chances of the two-state solution and reaching a comprehensive and just peace
in the region, said Safadi.
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