TEHRAN – Iran has expressed readiness to provide the people of Gaza with humanitarian aid via Egypt amid a massive humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli war against the Palestinian enclave. 

The announcement was made in a phone conversation between Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry. The two ministers discussed the latest developments in Palestine on Monday evening. 

Amir Abdollahian highlighted Iran’s and Egypt’s stances as two important Islamic countries, saying continuing bilateral talks is crucial in putting an end to the ongoing crisis in Palestine and the Israeli regime’s savage strikes against civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, according to the Iranian foreign ministry.

The Iranian foreign minister also noted that the upcoming summit of the Islamic countries in Riyadh is significant and said Tehran is ready to continue consultations with Cairo.

Amir Abdollahian asserted that the Iranian Red Crescent Society is ready to send humanitarian aid to Gaza through Egypt.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian foreign minister shed light on Egypt’s measures to send international humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza, and hailed the positions adopted by Arab and Islamic countries as well as those of the Islamic Republic of Iran and their efforts in this regard.

Shoukry also underlined the necessity of continuing bilateral and multilateral talks to help stop the conflict, establish a truce in Gaza, and send humanitarian aid to the people in the besieged enclave.

Urgent OIC summit on Gaza

Iran’s Foreign Minister also had a phone conversation with his Saudi counterpart and discussed the latest developments in Palestine.

During the talks, they stressed that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should hold an extraordinary summit to review the developments in Palestine, stop the “war crimes” against Gaza and the West Bank, and continuously send humanitarian aid to the region.

The summit proposed by the Iranian president and the heads of some other Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, will soon be held in Riyadh, as the rotating president and the country which hosts the headquarters of the OIC secretariat.

Genocide should stop

Amir Abdollahian also held talks on the phone with India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on regional issues as well as the Zionist regime’s criminal moves in the occupied Palestinian territories.

During the phone conversation, the Iranian foreign minister stated, “India, as well as other countries in the region and other parts of the world, are expected to come up with initiatives within the framework of establishing truce in order to send extensive humanitarian aid to the oppressed Palestinian people in Gaza, stop the occupying forces’ inhumane moves to commit massive genocide and war crimes, and stop the forced displacement of the residents of the region.”

The top Iranian diplomat also warned if the Zionist regime continues its attacks, the situation in the region will become more complicated and the resistance forces will open new fronts, which in turn will lead to escalation and spillover of the conflicts in the region.

Amir Abdollahian also briefed his Indian counterpart on joint cooperation to launch the Chabahar Port project, noting that the two countries should hold more consultations in this regard and other issues of interest for both sides.

Meanwhile, the Indian minister of external affairs said the situation in Gaza is sorrowful, adding his country is closely following the regional developments.

He noted that India “believes that, despite the differences in tastes, joint measures and efforts are need to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza.”

Jaishankar further stressed that India is ready to play a role within the framework of the initiatives proposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran to help stop the military operations and prevent the spread of the war.

The Indian minister of external affairs also touched on some bilateral issues with Iran.