Foreign Minister condemns statements made by extremist Israeli ministerThe African Union High-Level Committee on Libya meets in Brazzaville in the presence of Manfi.

RAMALLAH: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today strongly condemned and rejected statements made by the extremist Israeli Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, regarding the deepening and strengthening of colonialism in the land of the State of Palestine, whether in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank. In a statement, the ministry denounced Smotrich’s statements regarding his refusal to allow Israeli banks to cooperate with the sanctions imposed by US administration on a number of extremist colonists, and considered them a disdain for the resolutions of international legitimacy regarding colonialism. The ministry further warned that seizing Palestinian land does not provide security for anyone, but rather leads to further escalation. It reiterated that ending the occupation and granting the Palestinian people their legitimate rights to establish their independent state on the borders June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the two-state solution, is the only way to achieve se curity and stability for the region. The Foreign Ministry called for imposing deterrent international sanctions on Israeli extreme right leaders who brag about their violations of international law, which would incite the spread of more violence and chaos in the conflict arena, and provide protection for colonists' practices on Palestinian people. Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA Brazzaville: The African Union High-Level Committee on Libya held a meeting today, Monday, in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, in the presence of the President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Manfi, at the official invitation of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who chairs the committee. Participating in the meeting will be the President of the United Republic of the Comoros, the President of the African Union, the Chairman of the African Union Commission, the Deputy Secretary of the League of Arab States, the Algerian Prime Minister, the leaders of neighboring Libyan countries, or their representatives, the Head of the United Nations Mission to Libya, and representatives of the heads of member states and governments in the African Committee on Libya. According to the Media Office of the Presidential Council, the meeting is a mini-summit that precedes arrangements for holding a national reconciliation conference scheduled to be held in Sirte in mid-April. Source: Libyan News Agency