‘Brazil urges the parties involved to respect the terms of the agreement and to guarantee the permanent cessation of hostilities, the release of all hostages’, says Itamaraty in a note
This Wednesday (15), the Brazilian government urged the terrorist movement to guarantee the end of the war in Gaza and expressed its “great satisfaction” with the announcement of the truce agreement and the release of Israeli hostages. “Brazil urges the parties involved to respect the terms of the agreement and to guarantee the permanent cessation of hostilities, the release of all hostages and the unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza”, declared in a statement.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also asks the parties to guarantee “the necessary conditions to begin the urgent process of reconstruction of its civil infrastructure”. The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for the “immediate resumption” of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians and reinforced its commitment to the two-state solution, within the 1967 borders.
condemned “the terrorist attacks” that triggered the war on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists killed 1,210 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped another 251. However, Lula became one of the most vocal voices on the international scene against the Israeli military offensive, which he classified as “genocide”. Clashes between the two countries resulted in the mutual removal of diplomatic representatives.
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The Brazilian government learned, with great satisfaction, of the announcement, by the governments of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. If officially confirmed by the parties involved, the agreement will put an end to the conflict that, in 15 months, fatally killed more than 46,000 Palestinians, with a large proportion of women and children, and more than 1,200 Israelis, in addition to more than 160 journalists and 265 United Nations employees. United. The conflict also caused the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and the destruction of the infrastructure of the Palestinian territory, including hospitals and schools, generating incalculable indirect damage for current and future generations.
Brazil urges the parties involved to respect the terms of the agreement and to guarantee the permanent cessation of hostilities, the release of all hostages and the unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, as well as to ensure the necessary conditions for the start of the urgent process reconstruction of its civil infrastructure.
Brazil calls for the immediate resumption of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians and reiterates its commitment to the two-state solution, with an independent and viable State of Palestine, living side by side with Israel, in peace and security, within the borders of 1967, which includes the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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Published by Carol Santos
