Iran foreign minister writes to BRICS members, urges intervention in 'dire' Gaza situation

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New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged member states of BRICS comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa to intervene in the Israel-Hamas conflict and demanded that the dire situation in Gaza be put on the blocs agenda..

On Sunday, the Iranian foreign ministry issued a statement announcing that letters had been sent to the foreign ministers of BRICS countries...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the foreign minister of our country, in separate letters to the foreign ministers of the five BRICS member statescalled for active, constructive and responsible intervention of the member states of in order to stop attacks in the Gaza Strip, stop crimes against humanity and hold occupying aggressors accountable, read the statement...

Apart from BRICS, the Iranian foreign minister has also written to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) head Zhang Ming, demanding a statement from the bloc calling for a halt to the attacks in the Gaza Strip...

In this phone call, the (Iranian) Foreign Minister stated that India is expected to take initiatives with other countries in the region and the world within the framework of stabilising the ceasefire, sending large-scale humanitarian aid to the oppressed Palestinian people in Gaza, read the statement...

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