Fruitful discussions and outcomes between the visiting Foreign minister of New Zealand and his Palestinian counterpart in Ramallah
The Hon Murray McCully, the Foreign Minister of New Zealand has visited Palestine on Thursday , June 4 and met with HE Dr Riad Malki, the Foreign minster of the State of Palestine. Mr Murray also met with HE Mr Mahmoud Abbas, the President of Palestine and HE Dr Rami Al Hamdallah, the Prime Minister.
During these important meetings, the two sides have an extensive and deep discussion on the latest developments in Israel Palestine conflict and the current attempts to revive the frozen peace process. The visiting minister has explained the Interest of NZ, as a member of the Security Council, to play an active role in solving this overdue conflict through an active role in the SC. The minister conveyed his confidence that there is an opportunity to resume the negotiations between Israel and Palestine through an active involvement of all stakeholders in this process with strong facilitation and leadership from the SC.
In this regard, the two counterpart ministers have discussed the French initiative in the SC and the position of the various parties towards its approach and content. In addition, the NZ minister has expressed his government,s interest to submit another proposal in the SC if the French resolution defeated in the SC. In this regard, both sides agreed on the urgency to discuss the issue in the SC within the coming few months.
It is worth mentioning that the Ambassador of Palestine to Australian and New Zealand has welcomed the visiting minister
When he arrived to Ramallah and participated in the various meetings with the minister.