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Iran, Egypt call for immediate end to Israeli brutalities in Gaza, Lebanon
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met in Cairo on Thursday and exchanged viewpoints on the latest developments in West Asia.
They underlined the urgency of stopping Israeli aggression and crimes in Gaza and Lebanon, and preventing the dangerous escalation of insecurity that could drag the entire region into war and have destructive consequences.
The two officials also stressed the need to dispatch humanitarian supplies to the refugees.
Araghchi expressed his deep concerns over the ongoing Israeli aggression against Gaza and Lebanon and stressed the importance of utilizing all diplomatic capacities to prevent the escalation of tensions in the region and alleviate the suffering of Palestinian and Lebanese peoples.
For his part, Sisi voiced Egypt’s concerns over current developments in the region.
The Egyptian president stressed the need to prevent the conflict from further escalating. He said all capacities need to be used in order to stop Israeli atrocities and crimes in Gaza and Lebanon.
During his stop in Turkey on Friday, the Iranian foreign minister said the regional countries share concerns about the possible spillover of the Israeli war on Gaza and Lebanon into West Asia.
Since early October 2023, Israel has been waging brutal two-front aggression that has killed at least 42,438 people in the Gaza Strip and 2,350 others in Lebanon so far and assassinated several resistance leaders.
In response to Israel’s acts of assassinations, Iran carried out a missile attack earlier this month on Israel’s military sites.
Tel Aviv has threatened to attack Iran and Tehran has vowed to give a “crushing” response to any provocation.
Araghchi visited Turkey as part of a diplomatic marathon to de-escalate the situation in the region as Israel pushes its deadly aggression against Lebanon and Gaza. He has so far traveled to Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and Iraq.