Kazakhstan stands for the preservation of the existing status of the city of Jerusalem, reports Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs press club.

While standing for maintenance of the current status of Jerusalem, Kazakhstan reaffirms its commitment to the Middle Eastern settlement based on international law, in accordance with the relevant UNGA and UNSC resolutions 181 (1947), 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 2334 (2016), as well as through the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002.

Kazakhstan, as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, will continue to render its full support to the process of restoring stability in the region, which is an essential condition for the establishment of peace in the Middle East.

The international legal and diplomatic status of Jerusalem unresolved. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict which calls for ‘two states for two groups of people’ must be resolved according to the formula ‘two-state solution’.

“The Qazaq Times”