Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince, delivers a speech during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East.

NEW YORK, Sept 24: The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has shed light on the Gaza Strip catastrophe and the brotherly Palestinian people’s suffering. This was delivered in a speech by His Highness on Tuesday, on behalf of the GCC states, during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian cause. His Highness the Crown Prince said that the brotherly Palestinian people have been facing the most grotesque suffering, an unfair, suffocating siege, border devastation and the loss of over 60,000 martyrs, most of them women and children.

What is going on in the Strip is a genocide and ethnic cleansing, which is a deep wound in human conscience that needs immediate action, His Highness noted. “We have worriedly followed up on the last military escalation. We condemn in the strongest terms the brutal Israeli attacks on the sisterly State of Qatar,” His Highness the Crown Prince told the attendees. “We clearly affirm that undermining a GCC state’s security is an attack on all GCC members. Our security, position and fate are shared,” His Highness underlined. His Highness the Amir’s Representative went to say that fair and permanent justice in “our” region could only be achieved through the two-state solution based on the international legitimacy resolutions topped with the Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. This is the only way to end the Israeli occupation, ensure legitimate Palestinian people’s rights and establish an independent Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, His Highness the Crown Prince stressed. “We warn against undermining this solution through the policies of settlement, displacement, and imposing the status quo,”

His Highness affirmed. His Highness the Crown Prince urged the international community, mainly the Security Council, to bear its full responsibility to prevent the repetition of these violations, and ensure the perpetrators would not go unpunished and the access of Palestinian people’s inalienable rights to self-determination. The Amir’s Representative welcomed the countries’ recognition of Palestinian state on Monday during the high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of Palestine’s issue and the implementation of the two-state solution. He termed the step as “blessed and courageous” that go in harmony with international law and justice. In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince said that the GCC reiterated its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, and that these crimes are not only against Palestinians, as they pose a threat to regional and international security as a whole. He asked the Security Council to translate its words into practical steps to immediately stop the Israeli aggression and ensure humanitarian aid access, protect civilians and end unfair and illegitimate occupation for the sake of safety and security. His highness finally thanked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for its request to hold this emergency session.

Meanwhile, the Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met on Tuesday with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on the sidelines of the high-level 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During the meeting, His Highness the Crown Prince conveyed greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the Lebanese president. Both sides discussed deep-rooted bilateral relations, and means of boosting and developing them in a manner that achieves the common interest of both nations, along with the developments in the regional and international arenas. Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya, Amiri Diwan’s Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Mazen Al-Issa and Kuwait Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Tareq Al-Bannai attended the meeting. His Highness the Crown Prince also met on Tuesday with the President of Syria Ahmad Al-Shara on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

At the outset of the meeting, His Highness the Crown Prince conveyed greetings of His Highness the Amir to the Syrian President. The meeting reviewed close ties between Kuwait and Syria and discussed ways to enhance and develop them in a manner that serves the mutual interests of both countries. The meeting was attended by Director General of Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) Sheikh Dr. Meshal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of the Amiri Diwan for Foreign Affairs Mazen Al- Isa, and Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Tareq Al-Bannai. (KUNA)