Foreign ministers from eight countries condemned what they described as Israel’s rejection of the Road Map for implementing U.S. President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry published the Aug. 16 joint statement from the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Türkiye, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
They also condemned what they described as Israel’s rejection of Palestinian statehood. The ministers said the two positions directly repudiated the Comprehensive Plan and undermined efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace.
They accused Israel of obstructing peace efforts in Gaza and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The statement did not specify when or how Israel communicated its position and included no Israeli response. Virginia Times has not independently verified that account or the assertion that Palestinian factions accepted the Road Map.
The Road Map is intended to complete implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, which the statement said was endorsed by U.N. Security Council Resolution 2803. Rejecting it would threaten President Trump’s efforts to end the war, the ministers said.
According to the statement, Palestinian factions accepted the Road Map after mediation by Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye and the United States, together with the High Representative of Gaza and the Board of Peace.
Under the Road Map, according to the statement, weapons would be decommissioned as Israeli forces withdraw. It also calls for deployment of the International Stabilization Force, transfer of administrative authority to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza and reconstruction.
The ministers urged sustained U.S. involvement to ensure Israel complies with the commitments in the plan and its Road Map.
They said Israel bears direct and full responsibility for consequences resulting from any continued rejection, obstruction, delay or noncompliance, including worsening conditions on the ground.
The ministers called for immediate, full implementation of the plan, citing Gaza’s humanitarian situation and the need for security, stability, reconstruction and recovery.
The statement rejected any effort, including unilateral action, to deny or foreclose Palestinian statehood.
The ministers said a just, lasting and comprehensive peace requires a two-state solution and an independent, sovereign Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The statement said the state should be established in accordance with international law and relevant U.N. resolutions.
They also urged all parties to support the Board of Peace. The ministers called on the board, with active U.S. support, to take immediate measures within its mandate to preserve the plan and prevent obstruction.
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