Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Mustafa met today, Thursday, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York.

The Prime Minister briefed the Secretary-General on the latest developments in Palestine and the genocidal war our people are being subjected to in the Gaza Strip, and the escalation by the Israeli occupation army and its settlers in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

Mustafa discussed with the Secretary-General the practical steps to implement and apply the Security Council resolutions to stop the aggression against our people, and the UN General Assembly resolution based on the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice, in order to end the occupation and embody the establishment of the Palestinian state.

The Prime Minister stressed the Palestinian efforts to obtain full membership in the United Nations, and to gain more recognition of the State of Palestine, leading to ending the occupation and embodying the establishment of the Palestinian state, and for our people to obtain their legitimate rights guaranteed by international charters, resolutions and legitimacy.