NABLUS : Palestine Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, appreciated the Sri Lankan position in support of our Palestinian people and their inalienable rights, as expressed in the position of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
In a statement today, Wednesday, al-Maliki praised Rajapaksa’s statements in which he said, “The Palestinian people are still subjected to various kinds of persecution and injustice, including killing, destruction, siege, military rule, land seizure and settlement building, in addition to the significant deterioration in the economic structure. I remember proudly during my visit to Palestine that I gave me The largest decoration is the star of Jerusalem, and on this day we affirm that relations with the government and the Palestinian leadership are in full force, and we will continue this cooperation and work with the Palestinian government and the friendly Palestinian people. I pray that soon, an independent Palestine has taken its place on the world map.
Al-Maliki also welcomed the statements of the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardana, who affirmed his country’s solidarity with our people and their just cause, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as he stated, “This day is an international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people, and we had to confirm that we continue to support us.” To the Palestinian people until they obtain their rights and their national soil. “
And he considered that these statements are evidence of the international consensus of the justice of our Palestinian cause, at a time when Israel is practicing its worst crimes of killing, displacement and settlement, in blatant defiance of all international norms and conventions, stressing the right of our people to establish an independent, geographically continuous state on the borders of 1967.
In a separate context, and based on reminding the world that there is a people still suffering under occupation and resisting in order to recover their rights, the Sri Lankan Palestinian Solidarity Committee, in cooperation with the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Sri Lanka, celebrated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People with the participation of many dignitaries, by organizing A discussion session via the Zoom program.
During which the participants talked about the conditions that our people are going through under the Israeli occupation, calling for the need for the international community to intervene to end the occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and to intensify international efforts and pressure Israel to abide by international laws and resolutions, UN resolutions on Palestine, and peace agreements It was signed with the Palestinian side, in order to achieve justice and for our people to obtain their legitimate right to establish their independent state, based on the two-state solution.
