The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa, Naledi Pandor, reiterated the firmness of her country’s position on the Palestinian issue and continued to provide all forms of support and attribution for this just cause until the occupation ends and the Palestinian state is embodied with its capital, East Jerusalem.

This came in a phone call made by Minister Pandor, last Friday, with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki.

Pandor said that the Palestinian people and leadership must ensure the strength, steadfastness and sincerity of South Africa’s position in its support for the Palestinian cause, and its assertion that the Palestinian people are the only ones able to speak in their name and negotiate for themselves.

She stressed that any initiative that detracts from the Palestinian role and the recognition of the Palestinian right and Palestinian participation will not succeed, regardless of the ideas it is distinguished or attracted from participants, stressing that her country will not be with any initiative that is the state of Palestine outside it, or rejected by the state of Palestine.