Saudi Arabia Expresses Regret over UN Failure to Recognize Palestinian State through Membership

Saudi Arabia Expresses Regret over UN Failure to Recognize Palestinian State through Membership
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Saudi Arabia Expresses Regret over UN Failure to Recognize Palestinian State through Membership

Saudi Arabia Expresses Regret over UN Failure to Recognize Palestinian State through Membership

Saudi Arabia expressed regret on Friday over the failure of the UN Security Council to adopt a draft resolution accepting full membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations.
The Ministry said that “hindering the acceptance of full membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations only contributes to the entrenchment of the Israeli occupation’s obstinacy and to its continued violations of international law with impunity, and will not bring closer the desired peace”.
The Ministry renewed Saudi Arabia’s call on the international community to assume its responsibility and stop the Israeli occupation’s aggression on civilians in the Gaza strip.
It also called for backing the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of the Palestinian State based on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital in accordance with the Arab peace initiative and related international resolutions.



Erdogan to Visit Saudi Arabia Next Week

File photo of the Turkish president welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Ankara. (SPA)
File photo of the Turkish president welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Ankara. (SPA)
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Erdogan to Visit Saudi Arabia Next Week

File photo of the Turkish president welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Ankara. (SPA)
File photo of the Turkish president welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Ankara. (SPA)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Saturday in an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk.

Erdogan will attend a summit of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) in Riyadh to discuss Israel's offensives in the Palestinian territories, the minister added.