PNN – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that the expansion of the current conflicts in the region and the Red Sea clearly shows that Israel’s behavior in opposing the establishment of peace seriously threatens the security of the entire region.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from the regional media, Shukri emphasized during his speech at the conference of heads of Islamic countries that was held in Gambia that Cairo condemns Israel’s aggression in Gaza in the strongest tone.
While expressing his appreciation for the role of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, he described the efforts to establish a ceasefire and stop the war as valuable.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister stressed the importance of continuing cooperation and advancing efforts in several areas and expressed hope that these actions will lead to the cessation of cruel aggression against the Palestinian people.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister considered one of the most important axes of cooperation and efforts to be the pressure to implement the resolutions of the Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly, which calls for an immediate ceasefire in the bloody attack in which more than 34,000 Palestinian civilians, most of whom are women and children, have been killed the seven months of Israel’s war against Gaza.
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Emphasizing that Egypt strongly warned against Israel’s attack on the city of Rafah, which is the last refuge of nearly one and a half million Palestinian refugees, and noted that Cairo, in addition to the flow of aid from Islamic countries, played the largest role in providing aid to Gaza.
He further clarified: Despite Islamic solidarity and the opening of the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, Israel continues to encircle and punish the Palestinians collectively and creates illegal obstacles against safe, quick and stable access to humanitarian aid.
Egypt’s foreign minister emphasized his country’s commitment to implement Security Council Resolution 2720 and establish a UN mechanism in Gaza for the immediate and unconditional implementation of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.
He also called for taking a firm stance against the illusions of the dissolution of Palestinian ideals, which has been taken by Israel with the forced displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza.
Sameh Shukri further emphasized that the Palestinians consider the forced migration from the occupied territories to be contrary to all international conventions and have not and will not accept it.
He also explained that in order to achieve lasting and just peace and ensure the stability of the Middle East, there is no alternative to the formation of an independent state of Palestine in the territory of the borders of June 4, 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital in accordance with the constitution and legitimate international resolutions.
At the end of his speech at the OIC summit in Gambia, Egypt’s foreign minister emphasized the need to resolutely confront double standards and implement international obligations, including the resolutions of the International Court of Justice.