United Nations: The just recently signed Gaza Peace Agreement is a “landmark” action towards stability in the Middle East, India has actually stated, restated that a two-state option stays “the only pragmatic path” to attaining long lasting peace in between Israel and Palestine.
Speaking at the United Nations Security Council’s quarterly open dispute on the circumstance in the Middle East on Thursday, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, stated, “It is India’s earnest desire to realise the vision of a stable and peaceful Middle East… deprivation and indignity cannot be part of daily life; civilians must not die due to conflict.”
India stands completely all set to add to this endeavour, he stated.
Harish stated New Delhi hoped the “positive diplomatic momentum” created by the peace top in Sharm el-Sheikh previously this month would result in “lasting peace in the region”
Inviting the finalizing of the “landmark” peace offer, the envoy admired the United States, “especially” President Donald Trump, for playing an important function in creating the offer, and likewise applauded Egypt and Qatar for their contributions.
Restating India’s longstanding position, Harish stated, “The two-state solution is the only pragmatic path.”
“Now is the time for all parties to support ongoing peace efforts, rather than to derail them,” he stated.
India has actually regularly promoted a sovereign, independent, practical State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security with Israel, within protected and identified borders.
“Dialogue and diplomacy, and the two-state solution, are the means to achieve peace. The landmark initiative of the United States has generated diplomatic momentum towards peace, and all parties must adhere to their obligations in this regard,” Harish stated, including that India is strongly opposed to any unilateral relocations by celebrations worried.
The ambassador remembered that because the October 7, 2023 dispute, India had actually regularly condemned terrorism, required an end to civilian suffering, required the release of captives, and worried the requirement for unobstructed humanitarian help to Gaza.
He stated India saw the brand-new peace contract as “an enabler and a catalyst” for these goals.
“The short-term gains of the recent diplomatic outcomes must pave the way for medium to long-term political commitments and practical action on the ground towards the realisation of a two-state solution,” he stated.
Highlighting India’s assistance for the Palestinian individuals’s right to self-determination, the envoy described last month’s UN top-level conference on executing the two-state option, stating it had “underlined the way forward”
On the humanitarian front, Harish kept in mind that India had actually crossed USD 170 million in overall assistance to Palestine, consisting of USD 40 million worth of continuous tasks and 135 metric lots of medications and relief materials in the previous 2 years.
“Palestinian people cannot rebuild their lives without the support of the international community,” he stated, requiring the development of financial structures favorable to financial investment and work.
“Peace and calm on the Palestinian front have implications for the wider region… Talks must continue and there must be abiding faith in the efficacy of dialogue and diplomacy,” Harish stated.
Harish likewise discussed more comprehensive local concerns, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, highlighting India’s continuing humanitarian and peacekeeping contributions.
On Syria, he declared India’s support for a “Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political process” and commemorated Brigadier General Amitabh Jha, who was eliminated while working as Acting Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in December 2024.
India is the third-largest troop factor to UNDOF.
He likewise worried the security of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, where India is the second-largest factor to UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), and revealed hope that the Lebanese Armed Forces would quickly take complete control once the objective’s sundown stipulation works in 2026. Harish likewise required an “immediate cessation of hostilities” in Yemen to enable humanitarian help to reach civilians, stating such help “must be above politics”