Gaza is “an integral part” of the Palestinian state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, TRT World reports.

Abbas met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, where they discussed the latest developments in Gaza and efforts to immediately stop the fighting, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

“The president reiterated the firm rejection of the State of Palestine to the displacement of any Palestinian citizen whether in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, stressing that Gaza is an integral part of the Palestinian state and any plans of the (Israeli) occupation authorities to separate the Gaza Strip from the rest of Palestinian land and to seize any inch of its land or reoccupy it are unacceptable,” it said.

Turning to the UN Security Council’s recent passage of a resolution on a Gaza ceasefire, Abbas emphasised the importance of implementing it.