New York, Nov 15, 2012 (MAP)
New York, Nov 15, 2012 (MAP)
Morocco has strongly condemned the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and called on the UN Security Council to put an end to it “in the shortest possible time and without conditions.”
Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Mohamed Loulichki said in a speech at a Security Council meeting held Wednesday that this new aggression “is all the more reprehensible as it could last longer and spread to other parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
Ambassador Loulichki stressed, in this meeting held at the request of the Kingdom, “the dangerous implications of this new aggression in terms of destruction and targeted assassinations, led by the Israeli occupation forces in a region already rocked by other crises and tensions which could rush it into chaos.”
Mr. Loulichki said that “this new strategy distracts the international community from the strategic objective of a speedy resumption of negotiations leading to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.”
He recalled the firm position of the Kingdom, whose King HM Mohammed VI is the Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, which calls for a halt of settlements, the preservation of the character of the holy city of Al-Quds, and the protection of the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people, for a viable state with Al Quds as its capital.
Morocco called for an urgent meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza and was the first member of the Security Council to speak to “strongly condemn the Israeli aggression and to ask the Council to end it in the shortest possible time and without conditions.”
