Saudi Arabia confirms its firm position on Arab-Israeli conflict
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has affirmed that
supporting the Palestinian issue is one of the most important priorities of its
foreign policy since its establishment and the central issue is that the
Palestinian people obtain their legitimate rights, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
reported.
This came in a speech delivered today at the United
Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva by the Kingdom's Ambassador to the
United Nations in Geneva, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Wasel.
Dr. Al-Wasel reiterated the Kingdom's firm position
on the Arab-Israeli conflict, stressing the right of the Palestinian people to
self-determination, the restoration of their land and the establishment of a
Palestinian state on the 1976 borders with Al-Quds as its capital.
Ambassador Dr. Al-Wasel referred to the Kingdom's
rejection of the law of the "national state of the Jewish people",
pointing out that it contradicts the provisions of the international law and
obstructs efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict, calling at the same time on the international community to address
this law and any Israeli attempts aimed at perpetuating racial discrimination
against the Palestinian people and obliterating their national identity.
He called on the international community to support
the Palestinian cause, stressing Saudi Arabia's full support for all
international initiatives and efforts aimed at saving the peace process and the
two-state solution.
