The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, who represents King Mohammed VI at the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, affirmed that the Sovereign places the Palestinian cause among the constants of the Kingdom’s foreign policy.
In this sense, he recalled that the King had devoted a large space to the Palestinian question in his speech on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Throne Day, reaffirming his commitment to “continue to support constructive initiatives aimed at finding practical solutions for the conclusion of a concrete and lasting ceasefire and the recovery of the humanitarian situation.”
“The worsening situation in the region requires moving away from the logic of crisis management in favor of finding a definitive solution to this conflict,” the Sovereign also indicated, noting that “if achieving a cessation of hostilities in Gaza is an urgent priority, this must be done in parallel with the opening of a political horizon capable of establishing a just and lasting peace in the region”.
The Head of Government also recalled that the King had noted that “security and stability will only be totally unsaturated in the region if this dynamic is part of the Two-State Solution, under which Gaza is an integral part of the territories of the independent Palestinian State, with Al-Quds Oriental as capital.”
Based on his political and humanitarian duty as President of the Al-Quds Committee, the Sovereign “gave His informed instructions to the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency, the executive arm of the Al-Quds Committee, to deliver urgent humanitarian and medical aid to our Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Al Quds Acharif. These aids were sent via an unprecedented land route,” he said Akhannouch again.
In this regard, he stressed that real peace in the Middle East region must guarantee Palestinians their legitimate rights, within the framework of the two-state solution, adding that Morocco condemns the decision to end the activities of UNRWA, which he considers a direct threat to the existence of the Palestinian people.
For him, Israel’s widening of the spiral of military violence in Lebanon is “a clear proof of the fact that the entire region is heading towards a delicate phase with unpredictable consequences.”
“This pushes us to question the real reasons for this escalation and who benefits from this tragic situation, knowing that efforts are still being made at more than one level to put an end to the ongoing war in Gaza for more than a year. year “, he observed.
The Kingdom, Akhannouch maintained, joins the rest of Arab and Islamic countries to express its solidarity with Lebanon in order to preserve its sovereignty over all of its territories and support its constitutional institutions, so as to consolidate national unity and maintain the security and stability of this country.
Note that the Head of Government is accompanied during this Summit, which is being held at the invitation of Saudi Arabia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita.
The Moroccan delegation notably includes the Moroccan ambassador to Egypt and its permanent representative to the League of Arab States, Mohamed Ait Ouali, the Kingdom’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia and permanent representative of Morocco to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OCI), Mustapha Mansouri, as well as diplomatic executives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad.
