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Vietnam worried about continued violence, extreme racial discrimination

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has urged the Israeli side to exercise maximum restraint and take measures to prevent hostile and racist acts in all forms.
Vietnam worried about continued violence, extreme racial discrimination ảnh 1Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to theUnited Nations (UN), has urged the Israeli side to exercise maximumrestraint and take measures to prevent hostile and racist acts in all forms.

Addressing a meeting on June 24 of the UNSecurity Council (UNSC) on the MiddleEast situation, including the Palestinian issue, the Vietnamese diplomat alsoexpressed deep worries at the continued demolition and confiscation ofPalestinians’ property, including humanitarian projects financed by theinternational community.

He called on the stakeholders topromote efforts for resuming negotiations towards a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Regarding the humanitarian issue, Quy applauded the UN’s May appeal to raise 164million USD for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip.

He called for the international community’s support to the appeal and emergencyresponse actions undertaken by the UN Reliefand Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in theGaza Strip and the West Bank.

Vietnam worried about continued violence, extreme racial discrimination ảnh 2A view of the Tekoa settlement of Israel in the occupied West Bank on November 17, 2020. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Representatives from UNSC member nations expressed their opposition and called on Israel to end all settlement activities inthe WestBank, including East Jerusalem, and the destruction and confiscationof Palestinian houses and property.

They also condemned Israel's recent air strikes on the Gaza Strip which violatedthe ceasefire./. 
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