Bangladesh on Tuesday str ongly condemned the attitude of the Israeli government to replace the agreed principle of land lor peace" by a formula of " security for peace" that thre atened the peace process repor

In a statement at the General Assembly of the United Natl ona. Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations said that the recent decision by Israeli government to start conflsca Bon of land again with a view to expanding the illegal settlements In the occupied territories posed a new threat to the Middle East peace process

This would have al negative Impact on the prospect of the right on self determination by the Palestinian people leading to the eventual establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as Its capital, he added

Ambassador Chowdhury said that withdrawal ot Israeli troops from all occupied terri tones release of Palestinian and Arab prisoners allowing the Palestinian authority to ex erclse control over their own land* and resources immediate dismantling of settlements in occupied territories and estab llshlng a better relationship by Israel with all Us neighbours

including Palestine, could ere ate a solid foundation for last Ing peace In the Middle East

In this regard. Bangladesh envisaged a more healthy role of the United Nations In the peace process the permanent representative adder!

In the statement. Bangladesh called upon Israel to desist from < hanging demo graphic and legal structure of the occupied Syrian Golan plateau and to take initiative to end Its occupation of all occu pied Palestinian and Arab lands including the Golan

Bangladesh also reiterated Its call for Implementation of all relevant Security Council

resolutions related to withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.

In the statement. B uigla-desh also expressed her satis faction at the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding for allowing Iraq to export limited amount of oil for Importing food Items and hoped that ongoing cooperation of Iraq with the International community tn fulfilling Its obligations under various Secu rity Council resolution* would facilitate eventual withdrawal of UN sanctions against Iraq a* those had an negative Impact on the vulnerable segments of the Iraqi society