TEHRAN, Oct 24 (NNN-IRNA/MENA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, highlighted the necessity to immediately stop the attacks on Palestinians and send humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
In a phone conversation on Sunday night, the two foreign ministers also voiced their strong opposition to the forced displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website, yesterday.
The Iranian foreign minister praised Egypt, which hosted the Cairo Summit for Peace, on Saturday, to discuss the ongoing crisis in Gaza, for its efforts to put an end to the conflict.
Amir-Abdollahian said, the Iranian Red Crescent Society was ready to send humanitarian aid to Gaza through Egypt.
The top Iranian diplomat said, Israel’s ultimate goal is “to force the citizens of Gaza and West Bank to migrate to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and parts of Jordan.”
The Egyptian foreign minister, on his part, welcomed Iran’s humanitarian aid for Gaza, highlighting the necessity to continue consultations and coordination among all Muslim and Arab states on the Palestinian issue.
Shoukry voiced Egypt’s opposition to the expansion of the conflict, saying, Egypt maintains that Palestinians must remain in their homeland.
Having entered its 17th day, the ongoing Zionist regime’s airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed 5,087 Palestinians and wounded 15,273 others, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, yesterday.– NNN-IRNA/MENA
