« Based on the commitment of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to peace, and in his capacity as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, and in parallel with humanitarian aid, the Sovereign has repeatedly called for collective action (…) for an immediate, comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, the delivery of humanitarian aid in a fluid manner and in sufficient quantities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Gaza, and the rejection of the forced displacement of Palestinians », said Bourita during the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.
« What is happening in Gaza, in addition to its disastrous humanitarian repercussions, represents a real threat to regional security and stability », he noted.
In this regard, Bourita stressed that « what is happening in Gaza cannot be accepted, nor passed over in silence. The failure of the international community has an enormous cost », noting that it was this inability that encouraged the Israeli army to bomb a camp housing over 100,000 displaced Palestinians near the town of Rafah, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, in flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law ».
Similarly, he continued, the inability of the international community has encouraged the transgression of international legality and the violation of all that is tolerable in the eyes of the human conscience, as His Majesty the King has affirmed.
According to the Minister, the international community’s procrastination had encouraged the Israeli authorities not to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice calling on Israel to immediately cease its military operations in Rafah.
The Minister also affirmed that China, due to its important place within the international community and its balanced and favorable policy towards the various Arab issues, is considered a reliable partner, capable of playing a constructive role in achieving a just and equitable settlement of the Palestinian question, in line with the two-state solution.
On this occasion, Bourita warmly welcomed the « important step » recently taken by some European countries in recognizing the State of Palestine, which he saw as a significant step towards the two-state solution as an inevitable framework for establishing a lasting and comprehensive peace, through the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Asharif as its capital.
