Qatar Flatly Rejects Any Attempt To Displace Palestinians From Gaza
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani participated in the six-party Arab ministerial meeting on the situation in Palestine, which was held Saturday in Cairo, at the invitation of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The meeting brought together foreign ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, along with the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization representing Palestine, and the Secretary-General of the Arab League.
Discussions during the meeting, dealt with a host of topics, primarily the displacement of Palestinians, consolidating the Gaza ceasefire agreement, the adequate and sustainable delivery of humanitarian aid to all parts of the Gaza Strip, and the need to support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to perform its UN mandate.
During the meeting, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs reiterated Qatar's categorical rejection of any attempts to displace the brotherly Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip, pointing out that such calls would renew confrontations in the Occupied Palestinian territories and worsen the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Arab FMs reject Trump call for transfer of Palestinians
Arab foreign ministers on Saturday rejected the transfer of Palestinians from their land under any circumstances, presenting a unified stance against US President Donald Trump's call for Egypt and Jordan to take in residents of the Gaza Strip.
In a joint statement following a meeting in Cairo, the foreign ministers and officials from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League said such a move would threaten stability in the region, spread conflict and undermine prospects for peace.
"We affirm our rejection of [any attempts] to compromise Palestinians' unalienable rights, whether through settlement activities, or evictions or annex of land or through vacating the land from its owners...in any form or under any circumstances or justifications," the joint statement read.
They were looking forward to working with Trump's administration to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East based on a two-state solution, they added.
Qatar-Egypt truce efforts lauded
A joint statement issued following a high-level ministerial meeting hosted by Egypt, with the participation of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the UAE, alongside the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization representing Palestine and the Secretary-General of the Arab League, commended the pivotal mediation efforts by Qatar and Egypt that led to a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of hostages and detainees.
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