Author: Steven Sahiounie

The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia weighed plans to resolve the crisis in Palestine in advance of an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) about Gaza. In the meeting, held in Jeddah on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian thanked Saudi Arabia for accepting Iran’s proposal for the OIC ministerial meeting, calling for a strong and unified stance in support of Palestine and for effectual efforts to stop the Israeli regime’s war crimes against the people of Gaza. He also hailed the growing trend in cooperation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Amirabdollahian stressed the need…

The extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation kicked off in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. During the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in the caretaker government, Riyad al-Maliki, said that today’s meeting comes while the situation in Palestine is deteriorating and becoming more tragic, as the Israeli occupation authorities imposed a series of disastrous facts on 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. He added that Israel is using a deliberate policy of starvation as a means…

The spokesperson for the UN humanitarian agency stated that now is the time to flood Gaza with aid as children have been starving to death. The United Nations urged the international community today to “flood” Gaza with aid as the number of children dying because of starvation is continuously increasing. The spokesperson for the UNOCHA, Jens Laerke informed reporters in Geneva that “With children starting … to die from starvation, that should be an alarm like no other.” “If not now, when is the time to pull the stops, break the glass, and flood Gaza with the aid that it needs?” Laerke…

Blinken states that there is a possibility of reaching a ceasefire in Gaza which will in turn pave the way for the delivery of more humanitarian aid. The Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, stressed that the current situation is “unprecedented” adding that chaos has taken over Gaza, Syria, and the Red Sea. In a Washington meeting with his US counterpart, Antony Blinken, the minister stated that Doha urges the release of all detainees in Gaza and the delivery of aid to its population. From his end, Blinken stated that there is a possibility of reaching…

Maria Zakharova drew attention to the fact that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly urged Western leaders to settle the conflict in the Middle East and warned that it might be too late Israel has made a mistake by following the path imposed on it by the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a session of the World Youth Festival, responding to a question on the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “The fact that people in the region, especially Israeli politicians, perceive and follow the path imposed on them by the ‘exceptionalists’ – the US…

Jordanian and Emirati officials on Tuesday emphasized the importance of cooperation to address issues related to the Palestinian cause.Saqr Ghobash, speaker of the UAE Federal National Council, received Ahmed Safadi, the speaker of the House of Representatives — the lower house of the Jordanian parliament — and his accompanying delegation in Abu Dhabi, Jordan News Agency reported.The meeting in Abu Dhabi came as a follow-up to their previous meeting on Feb. 16 in Amman.In discussions focusing on Gaza and the West Bank, Safadi reiterated Jordan’s firm stance on ending Israel’s war and occupation on Palestine and promptly delivering humanitarian aid…

Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh met today with the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Hanke Bruins Slot in Ramallah, where they discussed the deteriorating catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The two sides further discussed the need to put an end to the Israeli aggression and to bring in humanitarian aid through the opening of more crossings with the Strip. During the meeting, Shtayyeh praised all diplomatic efforts undertaken by the Dutch government since the first day of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. He also demanded more international pressure on Israel to compel it to immediately stop its aggression…

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, called on all countries to increase funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) so that it can continue its vital role in providing humanitarian and essential services to Palestinian refugees and contribute to enhancing stability in the region, in light of the Israeli campaign targeting the UNRWA’s existence and role. He noted that the OIC is following with great concern donor countries’ suspension of their contributions to the UNRWA’s budget. The Secretary-General indicated that increasing the UNRWA’s funding will confirm the international…

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler met Tuesday with his Italian counterpart, Guido Crosetto, in Ankara. Guler welcomed Crosetto with an official ceremony at the ministry. The two NATO allies enjoy close relations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Istanbul for talks in January. source: Anadolu Agency

Western ambassadors to Moscow have been staging “performances” as part of their agenda of interfering in Russia’s internal affairs, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on a broadcast of the Soloviev Live TV show. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he had invited EU ambassadors to a meeting to make the situation clear ahead of Russia’s upcoming presidential election, but that they then refused to attend just two days prior to the event. The top diplomat also said that Russia possesses information showing that EU embassies in Moscow are preparing mechanisms for supporting the non-systemic opposition. “They,…