RAMALLAH, March 22, 2014 (WAFA) – Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jean Asselborn, stressed on Saturday his country's support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and the complete halt of all settlement activities.
Asselborn made this statement during a press conference jointly held with Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Malki, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ramallah.
He added: “It is necessary to offer a genuine opportunity for making peace through the US-sponsored Palestinian-Israeli negotiations in order to have two states living side by side in security and safety.”
Commenting on the Israeli settlement activitiy, Asselborn noted: “Israel has to completely cease the settlement policy as the ]Israeli[ settlements are illegal according to the international law as well as give a genuine opportunity for the peace process in order to achieve a genuine two-state solution.”
Asselborn called for Israel to lift the siege (blockage) imposed on the Gaza Strip and reopen border crossings given the dire humanitarian conditions that he himself first-hand experienced when he visited the besieged strip.
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