Cairo - Foreign Minister, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, met here Tuesday evening with Arab League Secretary General, Amr Moussa. They discussed the situation in the Palestinian occupied territories, in the light of the continuous Israeli aggression, for the fifth consecutive day, against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
According to official source, Sheikh Abdullah also discussed with Moussa issues on the agenda of the emergency Arab foreign ministers meeting, which will start later Wednesday at the Arab League Headquarters here in Cairo to discuss ways to stop the Israeli military aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to provide the necessary support for the Palestinian people.
The source added that Sheikh Abdullah and the Moussa stress the need to stop the Israeli aggression to spare the blood of Palestinians, return to the state of truce, reopen the border crossings and prepare the ground for dialogue among all Palestinian factions as quickly as possible.
UAE Ambassador to Egypt and Permanent Ambassador at the Arab League, Ahmed Ali Al-Mail, was present at the meeting.
According to Hisham Yusuf, director of the office of Arab League Secretary General, the ministerial meeting will discuss, among other issues, the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in Gaza, providing the necessary assistance to the Palestinian people and proposal by Qatar and Syria for the holding of emergency Arab summit to arrest the situation. He said ten Arab countries have informed the Arab League about their approval for the holding of the summit to discuss the Israeli massacre in Gaza. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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