Arab FMs reject US Mideast peace plan, voice support for Palestine

Cairo
February 01, 2020, 10:02 PM
by Xinhua/UNB

UNB News
Cairo
Publish- February 01, 2020, 10:02 PM
Xinhua/UNB

Arab FMs reject US Mideast peace plan, voice support for Palestine

Protesters post a placard with the colors of the Palestinian flags and Arabic that reads "Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine," at a barbed wire surrounding the Israeli separation wall and the Israeli settlement of Mod'in Ilit, background, during a protest against Israel and the Untied States in the West Bank village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Photo: AP

At the Arab League emergency meeting held on Saturday in Cairo, Arab foreign ministers voiced rejection to the recently released US Middle East peace plan.

"Rejection of the US-Israeli 'Deal of the Century' comes as it does not fulfil the minimum rights and aspirations of the Palestinian people," said the final communiqué issued by the foreign ministers following the meeting.

The statement described as "unfair" the peace deal, announced on Jan. 28 by US President Donald Trump, in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.