Speech of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed AL Nahyan
We are concerned about the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and are looking forward to be a step towards more steps of a withdrawal from all Palestinian and Arab occupied land. This will enable the Palestinian people to build its independent state, with Jerusalem as its capital, within the framework of international legitimate principles and resolutions and international peace initiatives. Among these are the Road Map and Arab Peace Initiative, which are considered the real framework of justice and comprehensive peace for the Palestinian situation and for solving the conflict in the region of the Middle East. Our initiative to build a city in Rafah, on the ruins of one of the Israeli colonies, is considered a contribution from our side to reduce the sufferings of the struggling Palestinian People and which contributes to the effect of many previous projects which were set up by us on the Palestinian land.”