PNA refuses Netanyahu remarks on lasting control of Jordan River

Source: Xinhua| 2017-06-07 02:31:12|Editor: yan
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RAMALLAH, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian presidency refused on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks on keeping a permanent Israeli security power over Jordan valley once both reach a peace treaty.

Presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rdina considered the remarks of extending control on the area of West Bank Valley as message to U.S. President Donald Trump and to the international community.

"This message states that Israel is not willing for making peace on the principles of justice and international legitimacy," he said in a press released on the official news agency Wafa.

Abu Rdineh added "such remarks create an atmosphere that complicate the situation with no help to success the efforts aim to achieve peace and stability in the region."

He previewed the previous meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and President Trump during the latter's visit to the West Bank, adding "they paved the way to a rare peace, but Israel tried to lose this opportunity by rejecting peace."

Abu Rdina referred to the Israeli side as attempting to impede all the Arabic and international and especially the U.S. efforts of configure the atmosphere for lunching a serious peace process, confirming that the Israeli stance will lead to more dissociate in the region and effected on the political scene for years.

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