Member states of the European Union (EU) cannot stay unresponsive towards the situation in Palestine and Israel’s violations against international law, Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Miro Cerar said on Sunday.

Speaking during his meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki on the sidelines of the Mediterranean Dialogues conference in the Italian capital, Rome, the Slovenian FM said the new EU leadership would not remain silent towards the injustice being done to the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people.

The Slovenian official stressed his country’s position in support of the two-state solution and its condemnation of Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Cerar also pledged that Slovenia would do its best to speak up for Palestine in international meetings and conferences.