Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin said on Tuesday the U.N. Security Council’s (UNSC) adoption of a resolution endorsing American President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza was a necessary first step on a long road toward peace.

The UNSC on Monday adopted the US-drafted resolution, which also authorises a multinational security force to be deployed to Gaza and imposes an international guardian mechanism for the territory ravaged by two years of war.

“The U.N. resolution is the first step in a long road towards peace. That step was needed because we could not embark on anything else before we had a ceasefire,” Shahin told reporters in Manila during a visit to the Philippines.

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Shahin said there were still other issues that needed to

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