The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to meet on June 24 to discuss Israel's plans to extend sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and settlements in Judea and Samaria, the Middle East Monitor reported on Monday, citing Palestinian Authority Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour.
Mansour told Voice of Palestine radio that he had invited foreign ministers from different countries, including members of the Arab League, to the scheduled meeting.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is also expected to take part in the meeting, Mansour said.
He voiced hope that "the Security Council will assume its responsibilities, and will ask the [Israeli] government to suspend all activities ... in the occupied Palestinian territories."
Meanwhile, a diplomatic official said Monday that Israel was aware that the application of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria might harm "its emerging ties with the Gulf countries," Army Radio reported.
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"It is obvious to us that the nascent relations between Israel and the Gulf states will be interrupted in the event of annexation," the unnamed official added.
The coalition agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Prime Minister-designate Benny Gantz allows the government to implement sovereignty as early as July 1, which has been cited as the target date for the move.
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
