Tehran, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad said that the US prevented the Security Council from adopting any resolution to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip.
‘Washington is a partner in the killing of the Palestinian people and all the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the region,’ said the Foreign Minister in his speech before the High Level International Consultative Conference on Palestine being held in Tehran, the Iranian capital.
The minister reiterated Damascus’ condemnation of the Israeli occupation’s attempts to displace the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and warned of the dangerous consequences of this on the region and the world.
‘The countries gathered today in Tehran seek justice for the Palestinian people and to stop the massacres, war crimes and crimes against humanity that the occupation commits against them,’ the minister added.
High level government officials, political and religious figures, prominent thinkers and media
figures from more than 50 countries all over the world, including Syria took part in the conference.
The conference aims to enhance international support for the Palestinians, to pressure Zionist entity to immediately stop military attacks on Gaza Strip, and to lift the siege imposed on the Strip completely, in addition to sending urgent humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency
