Tuesday 08 / September / 2026
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman has welcomed the joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, which rejects Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories and calls for steps to prevent trade linked to settlements deemed illegal under international law.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry today, Oman said the continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes a violation of international law and UN resolutions. It called on the international community to take a firm stand to prevent and remove any obstacles to the full and legitimate independence of the Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 borders, in pursuit of a just and comprehensive peace.
Oman also urged the international community to take further practical and effective steps to deter Israeli settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, ensure respect for international law and international humanitarian law and prevent the continuation of measures aimed at altering the demographic and geographic reality of the State of Palestine and the rights of the Palestinian people to their land.
