Namrouqa: Jordan Continues Its Efforts to Protect the Historical and Legal Status Quo at Jerusalem’s Holy Sites

Al-Taj News – Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nancy Namrouqa participated on Saturday in the proceedings of the 52nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, hosted by the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

In Jordan’s address at the meeting, Namrouqa said that Palestine will remain the central issue and the clearest test of the credibility of the international system. There can be no peace in the region, nor sustainable security for its peoples, without ending the occupation and fulfilling the Palestinian people’s right to freedom and to establish their independent, sovereign state on their national territory along the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the two-state solution and in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions.

She stressed the need to abide by the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and fully implement its provisions, and to lift all Israeli restrictions preventing the entry of sufficient and sustainable humanitarian aid into the Strip.

Jordan reiterated its warning about the danger of Israel’s unlawful measures in the occupied West Bank, which include settler violence, settlement expansion, land confiscation, and violations of the historical and legal status quo at Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. These measures undermine the prospects for the two-state solution and all opportunities to achieve a just and comprehensive peace that guarantees security and stability in the region.