Egypt has strongly condemned Colombia’s decision to open an embassy in the occupied Jerusalem, reaffirming its categorical rejection of this move, which it considers a flagrant violation of international law and relevant resolutions of the international legitimacy.
In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, Egypt warned that this step undermines international efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace. It also described the move as an attempt to impose a de facto situation that infringes upon the legal and historical status of occupied Jerusalem.
Egypt also stressed that all unilateral measures that aim at changing the legal and historical status of occupied Jerusalem are null and void and have no legal effect.
It further underscored the imperative of full compliance with relevant international legitimacy resolutions and the preservation of the city’s established status.
Egypt further said that the two-state solution remains the only viable path towards achieving a just and comprehensive peace, through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
