India urges Israel, Palestine to re-engage in direct talks for two-state solution
Stating that the Israel-Palestine conflict is almost as old as the UN itself, India called on parties to refrain from steps that hinder the resumption of negotiations.
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United Nations: Welcoming the decision to resume coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, India has urged the leadership of both sides to use the opportunity and re-engage in direct negotiations to advance the goal of a two-state solution.
The two-state solution has for decades been the primary focus of efforts to achieve peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The solution would establish an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel two states for two peoples. In theory, this would win Israel security and allow it to retain a Jewish demographic majority (letting the country remain Jewish and democratic), while granting
Iran finds way to buy Covid vaccine despite US sanctions
Iran finds way to buy Covid vaccine despite US sanctions
Iran has been trying to use its foreign currency reserves held abroad to pay for the vaccine via the World Health Organization’s COVAX facility.
Patrick Sykes 24 December, 2020 11:17 pm IST Text Size:
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Iran has found a way to buy coronavirus vaccines despite U.S. sanctions, in a breakthrough for the country fighting the worst outbreak of the virus in the Middle East.
The central bank received an agreement from an unidentified bank to transfer a 200 million-euro ($244 million) payment for a vaccine, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Thursday in an Instagram post, without giving further details of the payment mechanism or the vaccine supplier.