Munich: Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi Sunday said the Palestinian issue is “the central issue” whose settling based on the two-state solution constitutes a “prerequisite” for achieving stability, security and just peace.
In a symposium held as part of the Munich Security Conference entitled Shedding Light: Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, Safadi said the international community must act immediately to protect the two-state solution from the illegal Israeli measures that undermine it by stopping all actions and engaging in negotiations.
He added that the current situation is “dangerous” and threatens to erupt into spirals of violence, noting that there are efforts to prevent violence, for which “everyone will pay the price.”
He added that an “immediate necessity” to find a political horizon for negotiations to create an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with occupied Jerusalem as its capital on the lines of June 4, 1967.
He added that improving the economic conditions of the Palestinians is a “necessity” to alleviate their suffering, but it is not a substitute for a political solution.
He said that this peace is a strategic choice and a regional and international necessity, and its only way is the two-state solution, adding that work for it must be launched immediately in light of the escalating tension, loss of hope, and the collapse of confidence in the feasibility of the peace process.
Safadi also talked about the “importance” of moving immediately to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
He talked about the Jordanian initiative based on launching an Arab leadership role that engages directly with the Syrian government to gradually move towards a political solution to the crisis that preserves Syria’s unity and integrity.
Source: Jordan News Agency