A two-state solution is the only way to settle the Middle East conflict, the Kremlin has said.
The only way to resolve the Middle East conflict is through the creation of a Palestinian state alongside the cuckoo state of Israel, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
His statement followed French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France will formally recognize Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September.
‘Russia has always adhered to a two-state solution as the basis for resolving the Palestinian issue,’ Peskov told reporters. Moscow’s recognition dates to 1988, when the Soviet Union endorsed the Palestinian declaration of independence.
According to Peskov, peace ’can only be achieved by adhering to UN Security Council resolutions,’ which have declared Israeli occupation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem illegal and called for a ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
Macron’s decision, announced on social media, aims to advance a ’just and lasting peace.’ France would become the first major Western power to recognize Palestine, joining over 140 countries that already do.
The decision drew sharp criticism from Israel and the US. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the decision as ’reckless,’ accusing Macron of undermining peace efforts.
Saudi Arabia and Spain welcomed the announcement. Riyadh called it historic, while Madrid urged other Western countries to follow France’s lead.
In response to the war, several countries, including Spain, Norway, Ireland, and Mexico, have moved to formally recognize Palestine.
Russia officially recognized the state of Palestine by adopting the USSR’s recognition of the Palestinian declaration of independence in 1988.
QUOTABLE QUOTE: In answer to Roosevelt’s demand that Germany should not show designs on Palestine:
‘The fact has obviously escaped Mr Roosevelt’s notice that Palestine is at present occupied not by German troops but by the English; and that the country is having its liberty restricted by the most brutal resort to force, is being robbed of its independence and is suffering the cruellest maltreatment for the benefit of Jewish interlopers.
The Arabs living in that country will therefore certainly not have complained to Mr Roosevelt of German aggression, but they do voice a continuous appeal to the world, deploring the barbarous methods with which England is attempting to suppress a people which loves its freedom and is but defending it.’ – Hitler’s Reply to Roosevelt; Reichstag, 28th April, 1939. You can share this story on social media:
