
Lee Kyung-cheol, the government's representative for Middle East peace, attended the 'High-Level Meeting of Global Solidarity for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution' held in New York and reaffirmed the government's full and consistent support and expressed concerns about the construction of settlements in the West Bank.
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Lee Kyung-cheol, government representative for Middle East peace, attended the 'High-Level Meeting of Global Solidarity for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution' held in New York.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ji-heon Kim = The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 27th that Lee Kyung-cheol, the government representative for Middle East peace, attended the 'High-level Global Solidarity Meeting for Implementation of the Two-State Solution' held in New York, USA on the 24th (local time).
At the meeting, Representative Lee shared the perception that the 'two-state solution' is the only internationally agreed upon solution that can harmonize Palestinian self-determination, Israel's security, and permanent regional peace, and reaffirmed the government's full and consistent support for the 'two-state solution'.
He then emphasized the need to roll back and prevent recurrence of actions that undermine or undermine the 'two-state solution' and expressed concern about recent settler violence and settlement construction in the West Bank.
Representative Lee said that he will contribute to supporting these goals based on the government's Middle East initiative, the 'Shine Initiative', announced last year.

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