Palestine Welcomes Calls For BRICS Leaders On Ceasefire And Withdrawal Of Israeli Troops

BRICS 2025 Summit. (Source: BRICS Brazil/Rafa Neddermeyer)

JAKARTA - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed a joint statement by the BRICS Leaders Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza.

Leaders also called for Israel's full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and all occupied Palestinian territories, in line with international law and UN resolutions.

In a press statement on Monday, the ministry urged the international community to immediately intervene and take concrete steps to force Israel to stop aggression, genocide, forced transfer, and annexation policies targeting the Palestinian people, as reported by WAFA July 7.

The ministry also stressed the importance of reviving the political process based on references to international peace and the Arab Peace Pre-Corruption, which aims to allow Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determine and secure their legitimate national rights.

This, he added, is the only path worth achieving lasting security, stability, and prosperity in the region and the world.

Earlier, in a joint statement on Sunday BRICS confirmed the Gaza Strip as an "indivisible part of the occupied Palestinian Territories" and stressed the need to unite the West Bank and Gaza under the control of the Palestinian Authority, quoted from Anadolu.

The declaration reaffirms "the right of the Palestinian people to determine their own destiny, including the right to an independent Palestinian state."

BRICS expressed "major concern" over Israel's ongoing attacks and blocking humanitarian aid, as well as condemning the use of hunger as a method of war.

"We urge the parties to engage in good faith in further negotiations to reach an immediate, permanent, and unconditional ceasefire, the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and all other parts of the occupied Palestinian Territories, the release of all hostages and detainees detained for violating international law, and access and delivery of sustainable and unrestricted humanitarian aid," the state of BRICS said.

The statement stressed that Palestine should play a central role in the Palestinian reconstruction and express opposition to any policies that would lead to forced transfer of Palestinians or demographic changes in the region.

The bloc also expressed its support for the full membership of the Palestinian State at the United Nations and its "unwavering commitment" to the two-state solution.