|
Non-Aligned Movement condemns Israeli attacks in
Gaza
Updated at 1100 PST
KUALA LUMPUR: The Non-Aligned Movement Saturday condemned as
"disproportionate" Israel's military offensive in Gaza and
called for the revival of the stalled Middle East roadmap peace
plan.
The chair of the 116-nation grouping, Malaysia's Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, said Israel's use of force and its
detention of Palestinian officials was undoing the peace
process.
"We condemn Israel's use of disproportionate force in Gaza,
which has caused needless deaths and destruction," said Abdullah
in a message to the annual Group of Eight summit in Russia,
which starts later Saturday.
"These actions are further derailing the peace process and
undermining the work of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas ...
aimed at promoting a final political settlement on the basis of
a two-state solution," he said.
"We would urge the G8, several of whose members are also members
of the international quartet and the UN Security Council, to
make serious efforts to resuscitate the 'road-map'," said
Abdullah.
|
