UN Secretary-General "Must Prevent Ethnic Cleansing"... Trump Criticizes 'Gaza Plan'

Guterres: "The Two-State Solution Is the Only Sustainable Resolution"

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United Nations Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres emphasized on the 5th (local time) that "the process of seeking a solution for the Gaza Strip should not exacerbate the problem."

In his opening speech at the "Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People" held at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA, Guterres stated this and added, "It is essential to prevent any form of ethnic cleansing."

Guterres' remarks are interpreted as a clear opposition to the Gaza Strip occupation and development plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump the previous day.

Guterres stressed the importance of "strict adherence to international law" in the process of seeking a solution, indirectly criticizing President Trump's Gaza-related plan as being in violation of international law.

However, Guterres did not directly mention President Trump or his statements in his remarks that day.

Guterres reaffirmed the principle of the 'two-state solution,' saying, "Only a Palestinian state that can live alongside Israel in peace and security, with independent survival and sovereignty, is the only sustainable solution for stability in the Middle East." The two-state solution is an approach where Israel and Palestine recognize each other as independent states through agreement and coexist peacefully. UN member states generally agree with this approach in principle, and the United States also supported the two-state solution until before the second term of the Trump administration.

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