French Foreign Minister Stephane Ségornet (left) during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in occupied Jerusalem (Reuters)
French Foreign Minister Stephane Ségornet called on Monday for an end to Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank, at the conclusion of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in occupied Jerusalem.
Sigourney, who is on a tour in the Middle East to try to push for a truce in the fighting between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel in the Gaza Strip, said, "Under no circumstances can there be any forced displacement of Palestinians, neither from Gaza nor from the occupied West Bank."
He added, "The future of the Gaza Strip cannot be separated from the future of the West Bank. This future must be prepared by supporting the Palestinian Authority, which must be renewed and return to the Gaza Strip as soon as possible."
The French Foreign Minister, who is on his first tour in the region since his appointment to his position in January, stressed, "I repeat, Gaza is Palestinian territory."
Sigourney called for "a comprehensive political settlement with two countries living in peace side by side," which requires resuming the peace process "immediately," he said.
He stressed that "without a political solution, a just and lasting peace cannot be achieved in the Middle East. This is our position and this is our analysis of the situation."
Sigourney said yesterday evening, Sunday, in Cairo, that he rejects any "forced displacement" of the people of Gaza to Egypt.
Source: French