KUWAIT: The Foreign Ministry voiced Sunday Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation of Al-Aqsa Mosque's storming by extremists under the protection of the Zionist entity's forces. In a statement, the Ministry said these flagrant violations, which provoke Muslims' feelings and run counter to international law, portend repercussions on international and regional stability and security, and increase the opportunities of religious-based confrontations.

The Ministry called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities against these violations and compel the Zionist occupation forces to respect international law and international legitimacy's resolutions, and to provide required protection to the brotherly Palestinian people. It further stressed Kuwait's principled and firm stance supporting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, according to the statement.

Meanwhile, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) strongly denounced the Zionist entity's authorities for allowing the extremist settlers to break into Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of East Jerusalem in the occupied Palestinian West Bank under police protection. The permission for extremists waving the Zionist entity's flag to organize a provocative march in the occupied Jerusalem constitutes a flagrant and abhorrent violation of the international laws, and a serious escalation of the already tense situation, Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf said in a press release.

Stressing the need of the Zionist entity respecting the historical, religious and legal status of Jerusalem, including the sacred sites, Dr Hajraf urged the international community to shoulder its responsibility for protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque and forcing the Zionist entity, the occupying power, into meeting its obligations under the International Humanitarian Law. - KUNA