Ramallah (UNA) – Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi called on Arab countries to accept the invitation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to visit Palestine and occupied Jerusalem, stressing that the Palestinian people are not alone, and that all Arab peoples stand by them. Bin Alawi stressed, in a press conference following his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at the headquarters of the city of Ramallah, on Thursday, that the Sultanate of Oman stands with Palestine at all times and expressed his support for President Abbas’s political efforts aimed at ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state. He said: There are difficulties on the political horizon, especially since international blocs expressed their surprise at US President Donald Trump’s decision regarding the occupied city of Jerusalem. He added that the establishment of the Palestinian state is not a gift, but rather a historical, civilizational and geographical necessity, and that whoever wants to contribute to getting rid of the remnants of wars must support President Abbas and his government, noting that Abbas’s speech at the Security Council on the twentieth of this month will determine the Palestinian path, which is a peaceful path. Bin Alawi stressed that stability, development and building a culture of tolerance can only be achieved by establishing a Palestinian state with all its components, and pointed out the need for a strategy for establishing a Palestinian state, as it is the most important part in combating terrorism in the region and the world. During the meeting, President Abbas briefed the Omani minister on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, and the impasse that the political process has reached, following the US decision regarding Jerusalem, and the Israeli practices towards the Palestinian people. Abbas stressed the need to establish a new multilateral international mechanism based on international legitimacy resolutions, emerging from an international conference, to save the political process and achieve peace in the region. (End)
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