CAIRO – Egypt expressed, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its profound regret over the failure of the Security Council, in light of the United States’ use of the veto power, to issue a resolution enabling the State of Palestine to obtain full membership in the United Nations.
This comes at a critical time when the Palestinian issue is at a crossroads, obliging states to bear their historical responsibilities by taking a supportive stance towards Palestinian rights and creating a genuine political horizon to relaunch the peace process with the aim of achieving a final settlement to the Palestinian issue based on the two-state solution.
Egypt affirmed that recognizing the Palestinian state and approving its full membership in the United Nations is an inherent right of the Palestinian people who have suffered from Israeli occupation for over 70 years. It is a significant step towards implementing the provisions of international law and internationally recognized legitimate decisions to establish a two-state solution and safeguard the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Egypt emphasized the necessity of enabling the Palestinian people to fully exercise all their legitimate rights.
Egypt also considered that obstructing the recognition of the Palestinian people’s right to statehood is inconsistent with the legal and historical responsibilities entrusted to the international community to end the occupation and reach a final and just solution to the Palestinian issue.
Egypt called on the international parties supporting peace to recognize the Palestinian state and to deal with the current situation responsibly in order to revive hope in reviving the peace process on serious foundations that lead to the establishment of a viable and contiguous independent Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, living peacefully alongside Israel.
