KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Malaysia will not join the US-backed Board of Peace (BOP) but will continue monitoring its activities and criticising any actions that undermine Palestinian rights, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni said the government was assessing developments involving the BOP, including its scope, implementation and implications for achieving lasting peace in West Asia.
“If the Board of Peace takes any action that goes against the interests of the Palestinian people, Malaysia will remain consistent in voicing its criticism,” he said during the question-and-answer session.
He was responding to a supplementary question from Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman (PN-Sik) on Malaysia’s diplomatic efforts to ensure the BOP did not undermine Palestinian self-determination and to address the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
