MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION, MIRCO

MEDIA RELEASE, 15 December 2017

NAMIBIA REAFFIRMS JERUSALEM AS CAPITAL OF BOTH PALESTINIAN STATE AND STATE OF ISRAEL

Namibia notes with grave concern major change in US policy recognizing Jerusalem as the united capital of Israel, Namibia wishes to unequivocally reaffirm its unflinching support for the UN General Assembly and Security Council Resolutions, 181 (1947) and 242 (1967), respectively. Both these and subsequent resolutions affirmed that Jerusalem would be the capital of the future Palestinian State and the State of Israel. United Nations Resolutions are based on the following principles: A Palestinian State and an Israeli State based on the 1967 lines; Jerusalem as the capital of both States; an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories; and the return of Palestinian refugees. Click here to read the full statement....