UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said, the UN is totally committed to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We are totally committed to the two-state solution. And we are totally committed to supporting Israelis and Palestinians, to come to a peace process with the two-state solution, based on international law, based on Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and based on the borders of 1967,” the UN chief said.
“Our position is very clear. We are the guardians of the UN resolutions and international law, in relation to the policy in question,” the secretary-general added.
“We have not changed our position,” he noted.
On Jan 28, U.S. President, Donald Trump, revealed his controversial Middle East peace plan, known as the “Deal of the Century,” calling for a two-state solution, while recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided capital.”
The U.S. president outlined the 80-page plan at the White House, along with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, saying that, it proposes a “realistic” two-state solution.
The Security Council will hear a briefing behind closed doors from Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser, on the plan on Thursday (tomorrow), the council president said.
“The understanding is that, the United States will request closed consultations, in order to brief council members on the American plan. The idea, as I understand, will be that Mr. Kushner, as the special envoy, would be participating in that meeting,” said Belgian UN ambassador, Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, whose country holds the Security Council presidency for the month of Feb.– NNN-XINHUA
