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UNB, Dhaka

Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Friday said six decades ago the sufferings of the Palestinians began with the establishment of the State of Israel in their midst, and since then their pains have only mounted.

In a statement, he said it is obvious that the only solution to the problem of West Asia lies in having a separate independent state for the Palestinian people with Jerusalem as its capital. "Only then can the adherents of the three great religions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism will be able to live together in peace and harmony with one another in that holy land from where those faiths emanated," he said.