Iran Press/ Africa: Egypt on Saturday hosted a “summit for peace” where UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for swift “action to end this godawful nightmare” after two weeks of Israeli brutality in Gaza.
Arab leaders condemned Israel's two-week-old bombardment of Gaza on Saturday and demanded renewed efforts to reach a Middle East peace settlement after decades of illegal occupation of Palestinian territory.
The International Peace Summit hosted by the Egyptian president in Cairo on October 21, 2023, amid the ongoing agression of Israeli forces against Palestinians. Thousands of people in Palestine have died so far.
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Beijing’s envoy for the Middle East, Zhai Jun, met Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit on the sidelines of the summit.
The Chinese diplomat called for an “immediate ceasefire and an end to the fighting as quickly as possible”, his ministry said in a statement.
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