(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Jordan said it is not an observer or mediator for Palestinian question, but a stakeholder since Palestinian-Israeli issues touch the very "essence" of the Kingdom's national security and national interest.
After presiding a briefing at the Security Council today over the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told the press that the region is witnessing an "ongoing violence and instability.
"The political solution still eludes us," he said on the ongoing crisis in Syria, and confirmed his country's important fight against terrorism, extremism and extreme ideology.
Judeh told the reporters that Jordan firmly belief that terrorism and extremism have to be fought "effectively and collectively," as they are at the forefront fight against those groups that came in different umbrellas and different names and who take different shapes and forms.
Moreover, he affirmed that terrorist organizations try to hijack "our religion," distort its noble message and image and it is a fight at the end of the day against Islam.
During the briefing, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stressed that the prospect of a two-state solution continues to recede, with potentially explosive consequences.
He strongly urged the incoming Israeli Government to reaffirm Israel's commitment to the two-state solution and to take credible steps to foster an environment conducive to a return to meaningful negotiations, including a freeze of settlement activity.
Nevertheless, Ban welcomed the agreement reached last week between the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel, under which Israel has now transferred more than USD 470 million in revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
He also underlined that the recurrent withholding of such revenues is counterproductive, and seriously undermines the ability of the Government of Palestine to carry out its responsibilities.
British Permanent Representative Mark Lyall Grant brought up Syria, where he said that for the past four years, Bashar Al-Assad has repressed, maimed and killed his own people. Thousands of civilians, he added, have been under siege for nearly two years and are trapped with little access to humanitarian assistance.
Britain thanked Kuwait for their leadership in hosting the third pledging conference for humanitarian aid, where USD 3.8 billion was pledged, and encouraged the UN's humanitarian agencies and their partners to scale up humanitarian deliveries to besieged areas, including through cross-border routes.
Lately, 18 Chemical weapons' attacks have been reported, he said, and stressed that those responsible for chemical weapons use must be held to account.
The situation in Syria must be referred to International Criminal Court, the need for a political settlement has never been more pressing.
"Assad can play no part in Syria's future," he said.
Turning to the Middle East Peace Process, Britain urged Israel to must stop its illegal and totally unnecessary settlement building, which undermine a two-state solution.
Jordan said it was a "proactive" Arab representative in the Security Council to hold a special session on Youth where it will be presided by Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah.
Earlier today, they have participated in the High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation: Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and Countering Violent Extremism.
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