– Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Sunday chaired the State of Kuwait delegation partaking in the virtual emergency meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss current developments in Palestine, namely attacks and violations perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces in the holy City of Jerusalem.
Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser addressed a statement at the meeting, citing a Koranic verse that urges the faithful to be patient and remain pious and obedient to His Almighty Allah.
“Our brethren in Palestine,” he started, “are facing today one of the largest, fiercest flagrant offensive, carried out by the Israeli occupation forces, targeting children, women, unarmed civilians with no mercy whatsoever and no regard to international laws and covenants.
“The State of Kuwait, while it greets with awe our patient and steadfast brothers in Palestine in the face of these brutal crimes by the Israeli occupation forces, renews its strong condemnation of these systematic crimes against the Palestinian people in the city of Jerusalem and all occupied Palestinian territories that have resulted in destabilization in the Middle East, posing a threat to international peace and security.”
The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad has stated, “History is recurring itself.
“Our organization was established due to the fire at Al-Aqsa Mosque and now after 52 years, the brutal Israeli measures intended to scratch off features of Holy Jerusalem are happening again as part of a continuous criminal scheme for altering its identity.
“Kuwait denounces with strongest terms the Israeli occupation forces relentless breaches of international and humanitarian laws. These forces carry on with forced immigration and construction of settlements on the Palestinian territories namely in the Holy Jerusalem and at Sheikh Jarrah district.
“International resolutions affirm that special sanctity of holy Jerusalem must not be desecrated and East Jerusalem must remain part of the occupied Palestinian territories according to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, also as stipulated by the decisions of Islamic summits; latest of which was Resolution Number one issued at the 2019 Makkah Summit.
“These continuing Israeli practices aim to alter facts in the occupied territories and constitute blatant violation of all relevant resolutions of the international legitimacy that consider these measures as invalid and imply no commitment or right.” The Kuwaiti foreign minister praised efforts exerted by Tunisia and the Niger, two non-permanent members of the OIC, for their reactions to the bloody and tragic events involving the Palestinian brothers.
He urged the OIC to take decisive measures to stop the flagrant aggression and hold the occupation Israeli forces fully responsible for their crimes and crimes against humanity.
The State of Kuwait, he has continued, renews its adherence to the Arab and Islamic stances that affirm that peace is a strategic option, that a lasting, comprehensive and just solution is based on the two states principle, the road map, the Arab peace initiative where the Palestinian people can attain in full their legitimate rights and establish their independent state on their territories — with East Jerusalem as its capital
Source: Kuwait News Agency