Muscat: This statement was delivered during an emergency meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States, to address Arab action in support of Lebanon. Representing Oman at the meeting was His Excellency Ambassador Abdullah bin Nasser Al Rahbi, who serves as Oman’s Ambassador to Egypt and its Permanent Representative to the League.

Ambassador Al Rahbi emphasized the severity of Lebanon’s current crisis, highlighting the profound human suffering due to widespread displacement, which he described as potentially the largest in Lebanon’s modern history. He called for urgent humanitarian efforts to provide essential aid to civilians.

Al Rahbi further stressed that the root cause of ongoing conflict and violence in the region lies in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, which has persisted for over seventy years. This, he argued, continues to obstruct meaningful peace efforts. He reiterated Oman’s position on the need for the international community to ensure the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of a sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The emergency meeting, convened at Iraq’s request and backed by numerous Arab nations, focused on the Israeli aggression and its severe impact on Lebanon, calling for the global community and international organizations to swiftly provide aid to those affected.