AMMAN — Foreign Minister
Ayman Al-Safadi on
Thursday participated in a session of the UN General Assembly to discuss the
escalation in the Palestinian lands and the
UN efforts aimed at bringing an end
to the raging confrontations.
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Later in the day,
Gaza armed groups and Israel announced a
ceasefire, it was reported.
In his speech during the session, Safadi called on the UN to
move immediately to protect its charter and resolutions, calling on the
international community to stop the aggression on Gaza and reach a ceasefire.
Israel, the occupying power, must stop its violations of international law and
its attacks in occupied Jerusalem and its holy sites, the minister said,
according to a Foreign Ministry statement.
Safadi said the occupation authorities have turned
Jerusalem, "the city of peace, into an arena for oppression and
injustice". Israel, he added, provokes through its practices the feelings
of about two billion Muslims with its attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram
Al-Sharif, which is an exclusive place of worship for Muslims.
On the sidelines of the meeting, Safadi held a meeting with
the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, at the United Nations headquarters
in New York.
He stressed the need to launch an effective international
drive to stop the Israeli attacks and violations in the occupied Palestinian
territories, and ensure that the Palestinian restore all their legitimate
rights, foremost among which is their right to freedom and an independent and
sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital, within the lines of June 4,
1967, and in line with the international law and agreed on terms of reference.
Safadi also held a series of meetings and discussions with
his counterparts, the foreign ministers of Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
Kuwait, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, Indonesia and the Maldives, in addition to
the US representative of to the United Nations and the UN Security Council.
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