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Egypt, UN Discuss Ways to Boost Gaza Relief


Tue 05 Mar 2024 | 09:15 AM
Sameh Shoukry
Sameh Shoukry
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Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry affirmed the humanitarian and legal responsibility of the UN Security Council to ensure the full implementation of the provisions of Resolution 2720.

He made his remarks during talks with Sigrid Kaag, the UN’s senior coordinator for humanitarian affairs and reconstruction in Gaza.

According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said that Shoukry and Kaag discussed the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in areas of the Gaza Strip due to starvation and the targeting of civilians and humanitarian aid convoys by the Israeli forces.

Shoukry stressed the necessity of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza before the month of Ramadan so that the flow of humanitarian aid and relief materials can be increased in quantities sufficient for the needs of the residents