The UN Director of the UN Agency for Helping Palestinian refugees warns that he will not change the recognition of the Palestinian State without a ceasefire in Gaza.
Philippe Lazzarini, Director of the United Nations Agency for helping Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Monday, said that without a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the recognition of the Palestinian State does not mean much. According to the reports of Reuters and CNN, TASR reports this.
“Although the recognition of the Palestinian state is welcome, it does not mean much if there is no ceasefire in Gaza,” Lazzarini said. “Recognition must be followed by a real commitment to the peaceful process in the region,” he added.
The UNRWA chief thus commented after Sunday’s announcement of Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal on the recognition of the Palestinian State. France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and San Marino are planning to take the same step as part of the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday.
