03-12-2024, 09:04 AM
Malaysia, Germany call for lasting ceasefire in Gaza
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BERLIN: Malaysia and Germany have called for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as well as the release of hostages and immediate humanitarian assistance for the Palestine people.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his German counterpart Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the international community must also strive for a two-state solution to the decades of conflict in the Middle East.
“Sometimes we have some differences, but I think there are issues like the war, Gaza, where we agree on an immediate ceasefire and call for humanitarian assistance for the people of Palestine,” he said at a joint press conference with Scholz.
Anwar, who is here on a six-day visit to Germany, held a bilateral meeting with Scholz earlier which discussed, among others, the Gaza conflict and a two-state solution to end the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Anwar said Malaysia acknowledged the concerns about what happened on Oct 7, 2023, when the conflict started between Hamas and Israel, but also appealed to the Europeans and Germany, in particular, to note the decades of atrocities, plunder and dispossession of the Palestinians.
Scholz meanwhile said that Germany – known as an ally of Israel – agreed with Malaysia that a lasting ceasefire was needed to find a peaceful solution to the Gaza crisis.
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his German counterpart Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the international community must also strive for a two-state solution to the decades of conflict in the Middle East.
“Sometimes we have some differences, but I think there are issues like the war, Gaza, where we agree on an immediate ceasefire and call for humanitarian assistance for the people of Palestine,” he said at a joint press conference with Scholz.
Anwar, who is here on a six-day visit to Germany, held a bilateral meeting with Scholz earlier which discussed, among others, the Gaza conflict and a two-state solution to end the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Anwar said Malaysia acknowledged the concerns about what happened on Oct 7, 2023, when the conflict started between Hamas and Israel, but also appealed to the Europeans and Germany, in particular, to note the decades of atrocities, plunder and dispossession of the Palestinians.
Scholz meanwhile said that Germany – known as an ally of Israel – agreed with Malaysia that a lasting ceasefire was needed to find a peaceful solution to the Gaza crisis.
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