Kuwait reiterates its support for the Palestinian cause

NEW YORK, Oct 19 (KUNA) -- Kuwait reiterated its continued support for the Palestinian cause and to exert pressure on the Israeli occupation forces to cease their practices and policies that violates the international resolutions.
Kuwait would like to emphasize the importance of achieving tangible progress on the Palestinian case led by the relevant international bodies and the Security Council, particularly the five permanent members as well as the Quartet and international partners, said Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi in a speech to the UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday to discuss developments in the Middle East.
These efforts should be focused on setting a clear timeframe for the completion of negotiations between Palestine and Israel to reach a two-state solution that will lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, he said.
More than 50 years ago, the Israeli occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, witnessed only a continues series of violations of the most basic rules of international law, he added.
Al-Otaibi said the illegal Israeli policies and plans aimed at Judaizing the holy city and destroying its Arab identity as well as disrupting its population structure and isolating it from its Palestinian surroundings are still going on.
The violations come despite all the resolutions of the Security Council over the past years, which in their contents condemned the Israeli practices and affirms its illegality and illegitimacy, specially the latest resolution No. 2334. (end) afs.ss