Foreign Minister exchanges views with Arab counterparts about Gaza situation

Muscat: Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister on Monday discussed the tragic situation in Gaza, during telephonic conversations with a number of Arab counterparts.

The minister exchanged views on the issue during phone calls with Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco, and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the Arab League.

The ministers sought ways to urge the international community to exercise its full role and shoulder its responsibilities for terminating Israel’s operations, violence and brutal aggression against Gaza Strip, leaving thousands of civilians dead or injured.

They also stressed the need to extend immediate humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza Strip.