DUBAI: “The killing of Palestinian civilians with American weapons must be immediately ended,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
“There can be no justification for acts of terrorism, which Israelis fell victim to on Oct. 7 of last year, but everyone who still has a sense of compassion is outraged by the fact that the October tragedy is being used for the mass collective punishment of the Palestinians in the form of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” he said.
It is important to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and the reconstruction of its infrastructure, he added.
Lavrov highlighted the importance “to guarantee the realization of the legitimate right for the Palestinians to self-determination and to allow them, not in words but in deeds as they say on the ground, to create a contiguous and viable state within the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem.”
He described Israel’s attacks on Lebanon as “inhumane” and a “glaring example of terrorist methods as a means of achieving political aims” by transforming civilian technology into a lethal weapon.
“There must be an immediate investigation into this crime, but already we can’t remain silent in the face of many publications in the media, including in Europe and here in the US, that indicate to varying degrees the involvement and awareness of Washington when it comes to the preparation of that terrorist attack,” Lavrov said.