India ask Israel to stop settlement activities

December 01, 2011 14:46

Offering its support in achieving peace in the Middle East, India has asked Israel to stop settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories and release the tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority.

Noting that the Middle East region is home to nearly five million Indians and is an important source for India's energy needs, India's Ambassador to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said "as a nation with age-old historic and cultural ties with the Middle East, India has an abiding interest in the early resolution of all pending issues that have troubled the region since the inception of the UN".

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