New York, 5 February 2025 (dpa/MIA) - The United Nations have rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, saying that "any forced displacement of people is tantamount to ethnic cleansing."

Quoting from a speech UN Secretary General António Guterres is set to make later on Wednesday, his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that when searching for solutions, "we must not make the problem worse."

"It is vital that we stay true to the bedrock of international law, it is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing," Dujarric said, after being asked for comment on Trump's plan for Gaza.

Guterres will reaffirm the UN's commitment to the two-state solution, the spokesman added.

After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, Trump proposed that the US would "take over" the war-shattered Gaza Strip and relocate the roughly 2 million Palestinians living there, a move experts have said would be in violation of international law.

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