(VOVworld) – On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated commitment to resume peace talks with Palestine but said Jerusalem will never again be divided despite Palestinian request that in any peace agreement, East Jerusalem will be the capital of a Palestinian state in the future.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Jerusalem Day official ceremony at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem, on June 05, 2016. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO)

At an annual Jerusalem Day ceremony, marking 49 years since the capture of the city’s eastern part in the 6-day war in 1967, Prime Minister Netanyahu said Jerusalem wants to resume peace talks through negotiations with regional countries and that peace can be reached after its neighbors recognize Israel as a Jewish state.