Published November 22,2023
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed grave concern Tuesday over the deaths of hundreds of individuals, the mass expulsion of civilians and the humanitarian disaster that has erupted within the Gaza Strip.
Speaking at a rare assembly of the BRICS group of main rising economies through video hyperlink from Moscow, Putin stated the escalation within the Middle East is a “direct consequence” of the U.S. stance on “monopolizing mediation functions” between Israel and Palestine, a part of which was blocking the work of the Middle East Quartet of worldwide mediators consisting of the European Union, UN, U.S. and Russia.
“Because of the sabotage of UN decisions that clearly provide for the creation and peaceful coexistence of two independent and sovereign states, Israel and Palestine, more than one generation of Palestinians has been brought up in an atmosphere of injustice shown to their people, and Israelis cannot fully guarantee the security of their state,” he famous.
Putin emphasised that each one BRICS nations have an analogous place of the need of collective efforts aimed on the achievement of lasting and sustainable peace, which was manifested in the course of the vote on the UN General Assembly on the state of affairs in Palestine and through discussions of the UN Security Council decision on the Middle East.
“And although this resolution contains only a call for the establishment of humanitarian pauses and not a full-fledged cease-fire, we consider the very fact of its approval a step in the right direction,” he stated.
The Russian president stated that such humanitarian pauses are essential to proceed efforts to free hostages and evacuate civilians and overseas residents from the Gaza Strip whereas “the most urgent task” on the agenda is to realize a “truly long-term and sustainable cease-fire.”
Putin thanked Egypt and Saudi Arabia for his or her contributions to discovering methods to alleviate the present disaster and proposed making the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation a relentless subject on BRICS’ agenda.
Source: www.anews.com.tr