The Secretary of the Presidency assured that the government will always “promote peace” between both nations.
The Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgadodismissed criticism of the position of Uruguay before the United Nations Organization (UN) about the war between Israel and Hamas.
Given the criticism leveled from the Broad Front (FA) for the abstention of Uruguay when voting on a cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip for humanitarian aid in the UN General Assemblythe presidential official assured that the government will always “promote peace” between Israel and Palestine.
Slimwho was in the department of Riveraexpressed in a press conference that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) He had already expressed himself in this regard through a statement.
“We are always going to promote the issue of peace,” he said. Slimwho added that both the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Poulike the MRREE itself, condemned at the time the armed attack perpetrated by Hamas.
“And in this case a call for peace, which seems to me that there is no Uruguayan inhabitant who is not attentive to that being the slogan,” the Executive Branch official said.
The Foreign Ministry rejected all forms of violence that violates human rights in Gaza
The now Former Foreign Minister Francisco Bustilloissued a statement last Friday rejecting “all forms of violence, threat or use of force in direct violation of the norms of International Human Rights Law,” as well as “International Humanitarian Law.”
However, the FA claims that the government must give explanations for the abstention it carried out. Uruguay with 45 other countries before the UN when an “immediate and lasting humanitarian truce” was voted to assist with food and essential services to civilians held hostage by the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Ambito
