Riyadh, The Sultanate of Oman affirmed that the Palestinian people are facing a dreadful humanitarian suffering amid the stagnation of the UN Security Council and its failure so far to take decisive action to stop this brutal war waged by Israel on the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

This came in a speech delivered by Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi before the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit held in Riyadh today.

Al Busaidi stressed that self-defense does not justify killing people, displacing and deporting innocent civilians, killing unarmed children, women, and men, demolishing homes, places of worship and facilities, schools, hospitals. cutting off services, depriving residents of water, food, fuel, and medicine, and imposing an unjust and stifling siege on the Gaza Strip.

He reaffirmed the Sultanate of Oman's steadfast position in supporting the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to life, freedom, dignity, and self-determination, calling for an end to this senseless war, opening and facilitating humanitarian corridors for the entry of all humanitarian and relief needs into the Gaza Strip, lifting the siege imposed on it.

The Omani Foreign Minister clarified that the only solution to the Palestinian issue lies in political action aimed at ending the occupation, establishing an independent Palestinian state, with its borders as of June 4, 1967, and its capital East Jerusalem.

Source: Qatar News Agency