India reiterates steadfast support for Palestine

New Delhi, Feb 28, IRNA – India reiterated its steadfast support for the Palestine cause.

“As far as India’s support for Palestine is concerned, this is an article of faith for us. Our solidarity with the people of Palestine predates our independence”, said Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh in an interview with Saudi journalists on Sunday.

Singh said that India supports a peaceful solution that would result in a sovereign, independent, viable and united State of Palestine living within secure and recognized borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, side by side at peace with Israel as endorsed in the Quartet Road Map and the relevant Security Council Resolutions.

We also support the Arab Peace Plan, the Prime Minister added.

Singh, replying to a question about growing Indo-Israeli defense cooperation in recent times, which many fear could be at the expense of India's traditional support for Arab causes, said that our relationship with no single country is at the expense of our relations with any other country.

Indeed, India’s relations with the countries in West Asia gives us the opportunity to interact in diverse ways with this very important region./end