Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN (Photo: VNA)

Addressing the United Nations Security Council’s online discussion on the Middle-East situation, including issues related to Palestine, on Wednesday, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN, welcomed the Palestinian administration’s recent announcement on its willingness to return to negotiations with Israel on the foundation of UN resolutions and international law.

He affirmed that Vietnam welcomed international cooperation initiatives that contributes to seeking a fair, sustainable and long-term solution to the peace process in the Middle East.

Ambassador Quy expressed his concern about violent cases happening consecutively in many places and Israel’s building of new residential areas and destroying houses and property of Palestinian people in the West Bank. These activities violated international law and harmed the prospect for the implementation of the two-state solution, he added.