Mouallim: Pressures will not Undermine Syria’s Determination in Support of Palestinian Rights

NEWYORK,(ST)_Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Walid al-Moallemcallled on the  international community to assume its responsibilities to end the plight of the Palestinian people and  take serious steps towards stopping  human rights violations they suffer at the hands ofoccupation , stressing that the pressure will not undermine Syria ‘s determination  to stand by the Palestinian people until the establishment of their independent state on their land with Jerusalem as a capital .

In a message of solidarity with the Palestinian people he addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people on the occasion of the Committee ‘s annual celebration of the International Day in Solidarity with the Palestinian People , held yesterday, al- Mouallim said  : I would like to convey to your committee thanks on  the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people for your efforts in order to organize this important  international meeting in order to keep the Palestinian issue unforgotten .

He indicated that all UN resolutions stressed that the Palestinian people have inalienable  rights and that the occupation is working to erase them in order to liquidate the Palestinian cause and leave the Palestinians in a big prison surrounded by the apartheid wall ,while the Palestinians are  arrested daily , including children who did not exceed  eight year old , at a  time “Israel” and for more than 65 years is still refusing  to implement any of the United Nations resolutions and rejects any form of accountability.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants stressed  that the Palestinian people remain steadfast and consistent in their land and the Palestinian mothers continue to bring up their children  on rejecting  and resisting  the occupation ..

He continued  that Syria has been aware since very early on the need to preserve the rights of the Palestinian people  and hosted about half a million Palestinians for decades, where they  enjoyed the same rights enjoyed by the Syrian citizen without prejudice to their right to return under General Assembly Resolution 194 .

“Syria has endured and  still bear many  pressures to abandon the Palestinian people and their just cause andthe occupied Syrian Golan , however, this pressure will not undermine  the determination of Syria to stand by the Palestinian people until the establishment of their independent state on their landwith Jerusalem as its capital, on the ground  of relevant  UN resolutions, particularly resolutions 242, 338 and 497concerning  the  occupied Syrian Golan ,” he underscored.

In conclusion of his message , the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants called  on the international community to assume its responsibilities in ending the plight of the Palestinian people and to take serious steps towards halting human rights violations they suffer at   the hands of the occupation , and to  establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital .

T. Fateh