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Iran’s Zarif Steps Up Gaza Diplomacy, Offers Humanitarian Aid

Iran’s Zarif Steps Up Gaza Diplomacy, Offers Humanitarian Aid
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif conducted a hefty round of telephone diplomacy late Sunday to rally support and humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Iran’s Zarif Steps Up Gaza Diplomacy, Offers Humanitarian AidHe spoke with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and regional leaders, stressing that the priority was to get food and medical aid into areas worst hit by the Zionist entity's brutal aggression.

In his conversation with Ban the top Iranian diplomat criticized the United Nations for "not taking serious action to bring an end to crimes committed by the Zionist regime" during the aggression.

The UN chief responded by saying that the best efforts were being made "to initiate and maintain a sustainable ceasefire and put an end to the siege".

Zarif also spoke to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Iyad Ameen Madani, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation [OIC], Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, and Qatar and Turkey's foreign ministers.

He also spoke with Hizbullah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

"Islamic states have huge resources and are capable enough to render invaluable services and assistance to people in Gaza," Zarif said in his conversation with Madani, according to IRNA, urging the OIC to cooperate with the Arab League and Egypt in getting aid into Gaza.

He urged all countries to increase pressure on Tel Aviv and its allies to "immediately halt their aggression" and said "any truce should go in parallel with removal of a blockade on the Gaza Strip."

Zarif said Iranian hospitals were ready to receive wounded Palestinians and that the Islamic republic would send doctors and nurses to Gaza.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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