The Council stressed the need to implement Security Council Resolution 1701, relevant international resolutions, and the Taif Agreement, to restore permanent security and stability in Lebanon, and ensure respect for its territorial integrity, political independence, and sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders.
The Ministerial Council affirmed the contents of the joint ministerial statement issued on September 25, 2024, by the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the United States of America, and a number of other countries, calling for an immediate ceasefire for 21 days, across the Blue Line separating the southern borders of Lebanon, and proceeding with a diplomatic settlement that spares the region the risk of a regional war.
The Ministerial Council welcomed the statement issued on September 27, 2024, in New York City, by the emergency ministerial meeting of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the escalation of Israeli military attacks against the State of Palestine and the Lebanese Republic.
With regard to Palestine, the Ministerial Council affirmed the GCC’s support for the brotherly Palestinian people, stressing its condemnation of the Israeli aggression on Gaza and the West Bank, and calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ending the siege imposed on the Strip, and releasing hostages and detainees, stressing the importance of opening all crossings immediately and without conditions, and ensuring the safe delivery of all relief and humanitarian aid, medical supplies and basic needs to the residents of the Gaza Strip, within the framework of commitment to international law and international humanitarian law.
The Ministerial Council concluded its meeting by reiterating the warning against the increasing escalation in the region and its serious repercussions on regional and international peace and security, calling once again for the importance of reducing escalation and exercising the utmost restraint and sparing the region and the world further instability and the dangers of wars and destruction and their effects on the peoples of the region and the world.