Burgsdorf: Occupation plans annexing parts of the West Bank in violation of international law

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Sven Cohen von Burgsdorf, European Union representative to Palestine, stressed that the Israeli occupation plans annexing parts of the West Bank are a flagrant violation of international law and European Union principles.

"We are in solidarity with the Palestinian people in facing the threats of" Israel "to annex parts of the West Bank because this matter violates international law and is not in line with Security Council resolutions and principles," Burgsdorf said during a meeting of Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyah with consuls, ambassadors and representatives of the European Union in Ramallah today. European Union.

In turn, Shtayyeh called on the European Union countries and the world to recognize the state of Palestine and hold an international conference to prevent the occupation from implementing its plans by annexing parts of the West Bank because it threatens the rights of the Palestinian people and their cause and undermines any opportunity to establish an independent Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967 with its capital Jerusalem.