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Iran calls on BRICS to play role in stopping Israeli crimes
Iran called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to play a role in putting an immediate stop to Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. The call by Iran’s deputy foreign minister Ali Baqeri Kani in Moscow on Thursday came as his counterparts and special representatives of BRICs nations met to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East and North Africa region.
“Therefore, the members of the BRICS organization should show their political and practical will to completely stop attacks on people and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip,” he said. Baqeri Kani called on the BRICS nations to help with the quick sending of humanitarian aid, especially food, medical equipment and medicine to the Gaza Strip and the complete withdrawal of the occupying forces and the reconstruction of the besieged territory.
“At the moment, our focus should be on achieving a complete and permanent halt to the attacks of the Zionist regime in order to reduce the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip, expand the sending of international humanitarian aid to Gaza, and provide firm support to the activities of humanitarian organizations, especially UNRWA,” he said.
“Only taking a position and making a statement is not enough, and effective and decisive operational measures must be put on the agenda for the Zionist regime to comply with the wishes of the international community.”
The senior Iranian diplomat thanked South Africa for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice for genocide in the Gaza Strip. He asked BRICS members to strongly support the case and provide necessary legal solutions to deal with the crimes.
Meanwhile, Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations denounced Israel’s destabilizing activities in the Middle East, urging the UN Security Council to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its atrocities in Gaza and elsewhere.
“Israel’s ongoing destabilized and irresponsible actions and atrocities against the nations in the region are a real threat to regional and international peace and security,” Amir Saeid Iravani said as he addressed a UN Security Council session in New York on Thursday.
He noted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to expand and escalate the conflict in the region to stay in power, emphasizing that the members of the Security Council must not allow the body to be held hostage to the ambitions of such a “belligerent regime.”