Stop all settlement activities: India asks Israel
August 28, 2012 23:06
India on Tuesday asked Israel to stop allsettlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territoriesand emphasised that it supports a negotiated solutionresulting in a 'sovereign, independent, viable and unitedstate of Palestine'.
"The Palestinian cause is of paramount importance toIndia. In fact, India was the first non-Arab country torecognise the state of Palestine on November 16, 1988, pursuant to the Algiers Declaration of November, 15 1988," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Tuesday.