Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on Moscow to play a more active role in peace efforts in the Middle East.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on Moscow to play a more active role in peace efforts in the Middle East, Teheran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The statement came after a phone call between Amir-Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
“Amir-Abdollahian said that it is important to prevent ethnic purges and forced migration of residents of Gaza and the West Bank,” the statement said, adding that the Iranian FM “stressed the need for Russia to play a more active role in efforts toward peace and security in the region.”
INDONESIAN FM: The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said that it condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli attack on the Indonesian hospital in Gaza.
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Earlier in the day, the Russian foreign ministry said that Lavrov and Amir-Abdollahian discussed over the phone Israel’s war on Gaza.
The ministers reportedly stressed the need for a ceasefire by both the Palestinian and Israeli sides, as well as for relief aid to the civilian population.
The two top diplomats also discussed the schedule of further contacts and other current issues on the bilateral and international agenda.
Israeli tanks are besieging the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza right now, shooting at the hospital and neighboring buildings.
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According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel has, thus far, killed over 13,000 Palestinians, including over 5,500 children and over 3,500 women.
The Israeli army continues to pound civilian homes throughout the Gaza Strip with new massacres reported everywhere in the besieged enclave.
Gaza has been under a tight Israeli military siege since 2007, following a democratic election in occupied Palestine, the results of which were rejected by Tel Aviv and Washington.
(PC, TASS)
