After the Israeli press leaked information about the parameters of a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia dismissed the decision to allow all airlines to use its airspace as a prelude to other measures.
Adviser Mohammad Al-Atiq, Chargé d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, emphasized that the Kingdom’s firm and firm positions towards the cause of Palestine and the Palestinian people will not change by allowing international flights.
Saudi Arabia emphasized that the decision to allow the use of airspace for all airlines is related to their international obligations and that this action is not meant to be a prelude to other actions.
This Saudi official emphasized the Kingdom’s support for the Palestinian people in his speech at the UN Security Council, which was held under the title “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.”
He added: Saudi Arabia emphasizes the importance of comprehensive and sustainable peace in the Middle East as a strategic option to end one of the longest and most complex historical conflicts in the contemporary world based on a two-state solution and in accordance with international laws. . References, and the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, which guarantees the establishment of a Palestinian state within the 2002 borders. 1967 AD, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and an end to Israel’s occupation of all Arab lands, including the Syrian Arab Golan. and the lands of Lebanon
Pointing out that Saudi Arabia hosted the “Jeddah Meeting for Security and Development” in mid-July, he said: on the importance of strengthening regional and international cooperation to respond to common and renewable challenges facing the region and the world and create an opportunity to reach a regional With peace and prosperity by maintaining the harmony of the Arabs.
Various Israeli media are interested in talking about Saudi Arabia’s decision to open its airspace to all airlines, including Israeli planes, “the authorities’ conditions for air passage”.
The Hebrew website “Wala” announced in a report that the new official position of Saudi Arabia was announced after the announcement of “Israel’s agreement” with “the outline of the agreement of Tiran and Sanafir in the Red Sea, which is very important for Saudi Arabia”.
He said that these measures pave the way for the announcement of Saudi Arabia’s normalization measures during US President Joe Biden’s visit to the kingdom.
The Israeli newspaper “Maariu” also wrote; These steps are “a small symbol of the emerging relationship” between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, explaining that many US government officials have worked to “deepen Israeli-Arab security coordination and broker agreements that bring Israel closer to normalizing diplomatic relations.”
Regarding the Hebrew newspaper “Israel Today”, it considered this Saudi decision as “another step on the road to normalization” and emphasized that Saudi Arabia’s permission for Israeli planes to pass through the country’s airspace is “an important step in the gradual normalization process between Tel. Is. Aviv and Riyadh”.
Source: Lebanon Debate
