Continuous support for Palestine, rejection of genocide: Algeria
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The Supreme Security Council in Algeria convenes under the chairmanship of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and affirms Algeria’s solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the occupation crimes.
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People take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestine, in downtown Algiers, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune held Monday a meeting with the Supreme Security Council, under his presidency, in the context of the recent developments taking place in the occupied Palestinian territories and the region, following the Operation Al-Aqsa flood and the subsequent Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.
In a statement issued by the Supreme Security Council, Algeria stressed "its rejection of the occupation operations against defenseless civilians, emphasizing its full solidarity with the brotherly Palestinian people," after "studying the current tragic conditions of the brotherly Palestinian people, and the systematic genocidal operations committed by the occupation forces in the occupied Palestinian territories."
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Algeria expressed its "complete conviction that the radical solution does not lie in genocide or forced displacement, but rather in establishing the Palestinian state, with its capital in al-Quds al-Sharif."
The country also called on "the international community to assume its responsibilities, especially the Security Council, to ensure protection for defenseless Palestinian civilians."
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For his part, Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said, "Our brothers in the Gaza Strip are living in deplorable humanitarian conditions," reiterating "Algeria’s full solidarity with Palestinian brothers."
Attaf's statements came during the meeting of African and North European foreign ministers, today in Algeria, during which he stressed his country's "call on the international community for an urgent response to the aid of the persecuted people in Gaza, to put an end to this crime and to enable the establishment of the Palestinian state."
"My country, Algeria, calls on revealing the irrefutable truth, which is that there is a state called Palestine, that there is occupation, and that there are people who have legitimate rights that cannot be lost in vain," he said.
Attaf pointed out that "in Palestine, there are people demanding their rights in accordance with what has been approved by international legitimacy."
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