DUBAI: The UAE foreign minister met a senior Palestinian Authority official in Abu Dhabi, where they discussed international efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, the Emirati state news agency reported on Thursday.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan met Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Hussein Sheikh also to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the coastal enclave.
In the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah stressed the importance of prioritizing negotiations toward a framework for a two-state peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians, WAM reported.
The UAE has condemned the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and called on the Palestinian group to release hostages held in Gaza.
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UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan stressed the importance of prioritizing negotiations toward a framework for a two-state peace deal.
The UAE has also condemned Israel’s bombardment of the enclave and used its non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to push for a ceasefire in the war.
The US said that there are “serious and widespread concerns” that the current draft of a UN Security Council resolution that aims to boost humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip “could actually slow down” deliveries.
“The goal of this resolution is to facilitate and help expand humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza, and we cannot lose sight of that purpose,” said Nate Evans, spokesperson for the US mission to the UN.
“We must ensure any resolution helps and doesn’t hurt the situation on the ground,” he said in New York.
