April 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Foreign Minister of Iran, Hosein Amirabdolahian, called this Wednesday his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to congratulate them on the Eid al Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. and to talk about the regional situation, where tensions are rising due to the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the attacks by pro-Iranian militias against Israel and their consequent responses against positions of these groups and Iranian forces in different countries.
Amirabdolahian and the head of Saudi diplomacy, Faisal bin Farhan, have emphasized both the continued improvement of their bilateral relations and the need to put an end to “the war crimes of the Zionist regime” and the “suffering of the Palestinian people.” , according to a statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
In his conversation with the Qatari Foreign Minister, Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al Thani, Amirabdolahian once again discussed the situation in Gaza, and expressed his desire to achieve “greater efforts” on the part of Islamic countries and the international community to send humanitarian aid and “save the oppressed” Palestinian people.
During the phone call with the Emirati Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, both parties spoke about Israel's “crimes” during the month of Ramadan and Eid al Fitr against the “hungry Palestinians”, and called for greater pressure from Islamic countries to end this “great humanitarian disaster.”
Finally, Amirabdolahian has also spoken with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein, about expanding bilateral relations and increasing cooperation at the regional level. In addition, the head of Iranian diplomacy has shown Hussein his condolences for the death of his wife.
The Middle East region is at a critical moment awaiting a possible response from Iran against Israel in retaliation for the attack on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, which left 16 dead, including two civilians and seven members of the Force. Quds of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, including two generals.
