22 April 2020<\/p>\n
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 First, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has said the decision to annex the West Bank will be an Israeli decision alone.\u00a0 Many are interpreting that as a green light to the new coalition to annex the West Bank.\u00a0 How worried is the Secretary\u2011General about that prospect?<\/p>\n
Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Look, I’m not in the analysis business, but what I can tell you is that we have\u2026 in the past, both the Secretary\u2011General and his envoy, Mr. [Nickolay] Mladenov, have expressed great concern about possible annexation and unilateral moves, and I\u2026 and that remains our position.\u00a0 And I do expect Mr. Mladenov to take this\u2026 to brief\u2026 to say more on this at his briefing this week in the Security Council.<\/p>\n
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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 I have a second\u2026 I have a second question regarding Palestine also.\u00a0 I mean, this is unusual development.\u00a0 I mean, their coalition Government for Israel, based on an agreement of a land grab from Palestine, which could equal one\u2011fourth of the West Bank, the Jordan Valley is included, why the Secretary\u2011General does not issue a clear statement condemning this development? This is not an easy\u2026 it’s not a daily incident.<\/p>\n
Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Abdelhamid, two things.\u00a0 One, on the formation of the Government, it went through dem\u2026 you know, a political process, a democratic process, which is not for us to comment how Member States form their Government.\u00a0 On the issue of annexation, we have been very clear, if you look back at the Secretary\u2011General’s briefings, at Mr. Mladenov’s briefings on this issue, it being clear in black and white, and those positions, those statements, still stand.\u00a0 Go ahead.<\/p>\n
Question<\/u>:\u00a0 I mean, just\u2026 Russian Federation issued a statement.\u00a0 Even the US Secretary of State commented on that, not the Secretary\u2011General.<\/p>\n
Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 As I’ve said, I think a couple of times today and yesterday, Mr. Mladenov will be briefing the Security Council this week, and I think he will be very clear in his statement.<\/p>\n
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