AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Qodsna
Sunday

11 March 2012

8:30:00 PM
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Calls for Immediate End to Israeli Aggression on Gaza

Egyptian foreign minister Mohammed Amr has condemned the Israeli military escalation against the Gaza Strip that killed 14 Palestinians and wounded 21 others since Friday.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In a press release on Saturday, Amr said that his country was seriously concerned about the aggression, adding that Cairo had asked Tel Aviv to immediately end those attacks.

He said that Egypt was currently holding contacts for the sake of ending the military escalation, Rohama reported.

Meanwhile, members of the Egyptian parliament’s Arab affairs committee said on Saturday that they would raise the issue of Israeli escalation with the foreign minister and would demand a "stronger position” on the part of Cairo.

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