I think it is important to fully recognize the rights of the Palestinian people, the UN chief said.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi during his visit to Delhi for the G20 leaders’ summit, on Wednesday urged that Gandhi’s example should not be forgotten.
“I came from India and went to pay tribute to Gandhi. Let us not forget the example of Gandhi,” Guterres said at his press conference here in response to a question on Palestine.
“I think it is important to fully recognize the rights of the Palestinian people” and it is important to condemn any attempt to undermine the two-state solution, he said.
“I don’t think the Palestinians will be able to better defend their interests through violence. That is my humble opinion,” he added.
Mr Guterres traveled to Delhi to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit held in the national capital on September 9 and 10 under the Indian Presidency.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted leaders of the world’s largest economies, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, among others, for the G20 leaders’ summit.
On the second day of the summit, G20 leaders, including Biden, Sunak and Guterres, went to Gandhi’s memorial in Rajghat and paid tribute to the revered Indian leader.
Responding to a question from a Pakistani journalist on whether Guterres raised the issue of alleged violence against minorities in India with Indian leaders during his visit to Delhi, Guterres said he did not have any bilateral meeting with Prime Minister during the summit Modi had. “But our position has been very clear. Religious intolerance is a violation of human rights that is completely unacceptable,” he added.
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