The international document categorically rejects any attempt at forced displacement, as well as any demographic or geographic change in the occupied Palestinian territories, while urging the Israeli authorities to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law.

Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sufian Qudah expressed the Kingdom’s recognition of the principles in the statement, especially its condemnation of settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, settler violence, and the restrictions imposed on the work of humanitarian agencies and the United Nations in the occupied territories.

Qudah emphasized that the statement is part of international efforts to achieve an immediate, permanent, and sustainable ceasefire that will end the humanitarian catastrophe affecting millions of Palestinians in Gaza.

He also reiterated Amman’s support for the mediation initiatives led by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States focused on reaching a lasting truce that will allow for the reconstruction of the enclave and the resumption of the political process.

The official reaffirmed Jordan’s principled position in favor of a comprehensive political solution based on the creation of an independent Palestinian State within the pre-June 4, 1967, borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions.

The joint statement was signed by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Slovenia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The text denounces the deaths of thousands of civilians in Gaza as “horrible” and represents an increase in international diplomatic pressure on Israel to end its offensive.

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