At a Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Atiq, Saudi's permanent representative to the United Nations, reiterated Riyadh's support for an independent Palestinian state in the East Jerusalem capital as part of a "two-state solution."
In a speech to UN Security Council members, Al-Atiq stressed the importance of a lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East as a strategic choice to end the conflict, and the two-state solution is the basis for peace, according to Russia Today. read.
The Saudi Permanent Mission to the United Nations, while condemning his country for the recent attacks and aggressions against the Palestinian people and its holy sites, called the return of these organized tensions a clear enemy of the Islamic Ummah and violating all international decisions and principles.
He went on to call on the international community and the Security Council to play their part and to impose full responsibility on the forces of the Zionist regime for the continuing effects of crimes against the Palestinian people and its sanctities; In this way, tensions and conflicts in the region can be controlled.