Follow UN law for safe passage of ships: Alawi

NEW YORK: Oman believes that dialogue and negotiations are the most effective means of resolving disputes, and countries should make joint efforts to achieve peace.

This was stated by Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, during his address at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Saturday.

In his speech, he said, “It is a good endeavour to support regional and international initiatives that will help achieve peace and spread a culture of security and stability in the region.”

Peace in the Middle East has become an urgent demand. It is time to put out the fires in the region, whose continuation has become a threat to international peace and security and poses significant economic, social and security challenges to the peoples of the region.

The Sultanate calls upon all countries to cooperate constructively and to respect the shipping lines in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in particular Articles 37 and 38 of the right of continuous transit and Article 39 of the same law, which specifies the duties of ships during transit.

The Sultanate supports all efforts to reach a political solution in Yemen, particularly the efforts of the United Nations and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-general, Martin Griffiths. We call on all parties to cooperate and interact positively with these efforts, and to focus during the next phase on the political track.

Peace in the Middle East has become an urgent demand. It is time to put out the fires in the region as they pose threat to international peace YUSUF BIN ALAWI