During the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) extraordinary online summit on resolving the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Russia called for a political solution to the conflict, stressing that the group of countries of BRICS can participate in it. According to APE-MBE, Russian President Vladimir Putin he said humanitarian pauses are a right step towards peace and stressed the importance of not involving other countries in the conflict.
From his side, China’s President Xi Jinping called for an “international peace conference” to resolve the conflict between Israel and Hamas. “There can be no lasting peace and security in the Middle East without a just solution to the Palestine issue,” the Chinese president stressed and called for “the organization of an international peace conference as soon as possible” in order to achieve “international consensus.” This conference will make it possible to “work towards a rapid solution to the Palestinian issue that is comprehensive, just and sustainable,” he added, while calling for an immediate ceasefire and the “release of civilian hostages.” “All parties to the conflict must immediately cease fire and hostilities, end all forms of violence and attacks targeting civilians and release civilian prisoners in order to avoid further loss of life and further suffering,” it said. “Since the outbreak of the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict, China has been actively promoting peace talks and a ceasefire,” Xi noted, adding that Beijing “has been providing humanitarian aid to relieve the suffering of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza” and will continue to do it.
Saudi Arabia calls for the initiation of a serious and comprehensive peace process to establish a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders. are related to the two-state solution,” said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
THE South African President Cyril Ramaphosa today accused Israel of “war crimes” and “genocide” in Gaza. “The collective punishment of Palestinian civilians through the unlawful use of force by Israel is a war crime,” Ramaphosa stressed. “The deliberate denial of medicine, fuel, food and water to the people of Gaza is tantamount to genocide,” he added. “We urge the international community to agree on urgent and concrete actions to end the calamity in Gaza and pave the way for a just and peaceful resolution of this conflict,” he stressed, citing a list of those proposed actions. In addition to an “immediate and complete” ceasefire, the South African president called for the deployment of a rapid United Nations force, “mandated to oversee the cessation of hostilities and the protection of civilians.”
The six new BRICS member countries
Pretoria announced yesterday this extraordinary meeting of this group of countries, in which Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak, among others. The leaders of the six new BRICS member countries (Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates), due to join the group in January, are expected to address this summit, Pretoria said yesterday.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will also attend the summit, after which the leaders “are expected to adopt a joint communique on the situation in the Middle East, particularly in Gaza,” according to the South African statement.
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Source: News Beast
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