Majlis speaker calls for serious measures to help Gazans

December 14, 2008 - 0:0

TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday urged immediate dispatch of aid supplies to Gazans as they live under hard conditions being deprived of basic necessities such as food, medicine and fuel.

Larijani told his Indonesian counterpart Agung Laksono over phone hat serious measures should be adopted to remove their problems and lift barriers created by the Zionist regime for defenseless Palestinian people.
He said the Iranian Majlis is ready to join Indonesian and Syrian parliaments to form Asian Parliamentary Troika to ship aid to the Palestinian people.
The Indonesian Speaker Laksono for his part lauded Iranian Majlis for its valuable initiative to help Gazans and said Palestinian issue is an Islamic and humanitarian one and Indonesia fully understands the tragic conditions of Palestinians, Gazans in particular.
………….. Innocent Palestinians are suffering from situation in Gaza
Larijani and his Syrian counterpart Mahmud al-Abrash, in a telephone conversation Friday night, expressed deep concern over humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Larijani said that the innocent Palestinians are suffering from the critical situation imposed by Zionist regime on them in Gaza Strip.
Referring to Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) latest statement on participation of Iranian, Indonesian and Syrian parliaments in helping the Gaza people, Larijani called for adopting practical measures to solve the crisis.
APA formed a troika comprising Iran, Indonesia and Syria to help the besieged people of Gaza.
Larijani said that he contacted with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Fathi Sorour on Egyptian contribution to help dispatch relief aid including food and medicine to the people of Gaza since June 2007.
Larijani said that Iran is willing to implement the APA statement for easing Gaza plight.
Al-Abrash appreciated Iran's efforts to help Gaza, and said the APA statement has called for support for the Palestinians and Syria spares no effort to this end.
He again extended his invitation to Iranian Majlis speaker to visit Syria.
Larijani accepted the invitation and said that he would visit Syria in the earliest convenience.