Ministry of Foreign Affairs Condemns Fiji's Embassy Move to Occupied Jerusalem as a Grave Violation of International Law
Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Strongly Condemns Fiji's Embassy Move to Occupied Jerusalem as a Grave Violation of International Law
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine strongly condemns the decision of Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to move his country’s embassy to occupied Jerusalem.
With this decision, Fiji becomes the seventh country to violate international law and UN resolutions regarding both the Holy City’s legal and political status and the rights of the Palestinian people.
This decision is an act of aggression against the Palestinian people and their rights. It places Fiji on the wrong side of history, harms the chances of achieving peace based on the two-state solution, and represents unacceptable support for the occupation and its crimes. It also blatantly defies UN resolutions at a time when Israel, the occupying power, is escalating its attacks against Palestinians across all of the occupied Palestinian territory, attempting to displace the Palestinian people from their homeland.
The Ministry affirms that it will continue to take political, diplomatic, and legal action against countries that open or move their embassies to occupied Jerusalem, and will work to hold them accountable for their unjustified actions against the Palestinian people and their rights.
The Ministry demands that the Fijian government immediately reverse this provocative decision.