Singapore: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, during his visit to Singapore, has advocated a two-state solution to resolve the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. He reiterated India’s stand on this issue on Saturday. He said that efforts are on to find a permanent solution to this issue. Jaishankar, however, refused to divulge details of these efforts. He said he could not speak about it publicly. “But we (India) are very supportive of the efforts of some of the countries that are working right now to find a way out of the current situation,” he said.
Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to Singapore, was asked after a lecture session on his book ‘Why India Matters’ at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) about his views on the situation in Israel and Palestine. Opinion and what could be the solution. Jaishankar said India’s position is very clear that what happened on October 7 (last year) was “terrorism”. On October 7, 2023, Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip attacked Israel by land, sea and air routes, killing at least 1,200 Israeli civilians and taking 230 others hostage.
32 thousand people were killed in Israel’s retaliatory attack
After this attack, Israel retaliated on Gaza Strip. Nearly 32,000 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry, including two-thirds of them women and children. Asked about Israel’s response, Jaishankar said India was of the view that “(in case of any response) civilian casualties have to be kept in mind; There is a need to adhere to international humanitarian law.” He said, ”We are in a situation today where we need to find a way to deliver humanitarian assistance to civilians on a sustainable basis.” Jaishankar said, ”Our position It is very clear that we have to find a two-nation solution. (Language)
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