Lebanese president calls for ending Palestinian people’s suffering

This came in a letter sent by Aoun on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People to Cheikh Niang, chairman of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

The Lebanese president called for protecting the holy places in Palestine, to place Al-Quds City under effective UN monitoring and to guarantee freedom of access to it due to its association with the three monotheistic religions.

He stressed the need to “secure the return of the Palestinians of the diaspora to their homes from which they were displaced, in respect of the right of return as stipulated by the UN General Assembly Resolution No. 194, and to provide them with every help until their return.”

“The living conditions of the Palestinian refugees have also dramatically declined in several countries, including Lebanon that is facing several major unprecedented crises,” he said.

“The suffering of the Palestinian people has increased at home and abroad as they are still living a daily struggle with the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and they seek to provide the most basic requirements of a normal life,” Aoun said.