Quds as capital. The Council expressed regret for the U.S. veto against an Arab-Palestinian resolution denouncing Israeli settlement project in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. The GCC Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their call for the establishment of a viable independent Palestinian state according to international legitimacy principles, UN resolutions, principle of land for peace and Arab peace initiative and rejected all partial or phased solutions in this regard, lauding the positions of countries that recently recognized the Palestinian State. They called on Palestinian factions to abandon rifts and work for unified stances. The Council denounced Israel's bill considering the occupied Al-Quds as capital for the Jews people. The ministers called on regional and international organizations to take responsibility towards ending the criminal siege on Gaza Strip and opening of the crossings. --More
