Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in separate meetings with his Turkish and Qatari counterparts Cemil Cicek and Mohamed bin Mubarak Al-Khulaifi on Tuesday urged Egypt to open its Rafah crossing to allow the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
"The Islamic states at the present juncture should do their best to supply the necessary needs of the people in Gaza, including medicine and other humanitarian needs, and allow treatment of those injured in the savage attacks of the Zionists," Larijani said.
Cicek, for his part, said that speeches, approvals and closing statement of the troika meeting of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC) meeting in Tehran on Tuesday would surely play an effective role in providing spiritual support for the people of Gaza.
"All Muslim countries should feel responsible and take practical measures in order to help meet the needs of the people of Gaza to medicine and basic necessities," the Turkish parliament speaker said.
PUIC Troika Meeting in Tehran on Tuesday
The Qatari parliament speaker, for his part, noted that the situation in Palestine is critical, and criticized the western countries and some Muslim states for keeping mum about Israel’s atrocities.
A few hours later last night, Larijani said Egypt has agreed to help Iran dispatch its humanitarian aid to Gaza.
"Today we received a message from Egypt at the end of the troika meeting declaring the Arab country’s readiness to help Iran send humanitarian aid to Egypt," Larijani said on the sidelines of the PUIC troika meeting on Tuesday.
The Iranian speaker expressed the hope that Egypt’s promise would meet action.
He noted that the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will take practical measures to send medicine and foodstuff to Egypt and from there to the Gaza Strip via land.
The PUIC troika meeting in Tehran on Tuesday wrapped up work by issuing a statement which strongly condemned the Israeli massacre of the Gaza people, and stressed full support for the Palestinians’ resistance against the Zionist regime.
"We condemn the Zionist regime’s state terrorism in different forms, including massacre, prosecution and arresting of the Palestinians, and announce our full support for the resistance of the Palestinian nation against the Zionist occupiers in different forms since resistance against the occupiers is the right of all nations under occupation," the statement said.
The statement also called on all Muslim states and their parliaments and governments to become united and support the Palestinian cause in any possible way.
It described the Zionist regime’s military aggression against Gaza as an objective evidence of genocide, oppression and atrocity, and asked for punishing the elements behind these "war crimes".
"Unfortunately these crimes are being committed in light of the international circles’ silence and the US shameless supports," the statement added.
The PUIC troika meeting opened in the presence of seven parliament speakers from Iran, Mali, Sudan, Syria, Palestine, Qatar and Turkey as well as several parliamentary delegations from Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan and Oman here in Tehran on Tuesday and wrapped up work on the same day.
The PUIC Troika consists of the previous, current, and future presidents of the PUIC Conference, which is currently presided by Iran.
