New york: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Tuesday acclaimed the UN International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of Palestine and the Two-State Solution held in New York on Monday.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the ministry expressed deep gratitude to Saudi Arabia, France, and the conference chairmanship for their joint efforts to rally the broadest possible support for the New York declaration. They commended their determination to pursue this task and implement the proclamation.
Moreover, the ministry praised other states that participated in the conference, including those that adopted the New York declaration and recognized the state of Palestine. It called on all states to rapidly sign and adopt the declaration to ensure an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, implement all its articles and the joint statement, specifically the call to empower the state of Palestine's institutions to practice their legal and political jurisdictions on occupied Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip, for the sake of protecting the two-state solution and attaining just and lasting peace in the region.
The international conference adopted the New York declaration, which was backed by the UN General Assembly with a majority of 142 votes. The announcement affirmed a commitment to the two-state solution, the necessity of ending the war in Gaza, and releasing prisoners.
It also called for ensuring the delivery of aid to Gaza, withdrawing Israeli forces from the strip, and affirmed the necessity of unifying Gaza and the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority.
Several states, namely France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, and Andorra, have declared recognition of the state of Palestine, raising the total number of states that have taken this step to 158. The series of recognitions of the state of Palestine came two years after the launch of the genocide and starvation war on Gaza that has taken more than 65,000 lives.