Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held a meeting on Wednesday with visiting Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on the situation in the Gaza Strip, the official SANA news agency reported.
They discussed "efforts and actions that must be taken by Arab and Islamic countries to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and to mobilize international support to pressure Israel into stopping its massacres against the unarmed Palestinians and lift the unjust embargo imposed on them for a long time," SANA said.
The two sides underlined the importance of working with Arab and international parliaments to condemn and demand a halt of this aggression, urging to ensure the entry of humanitarian and emergency medical aid to the strip.
Larijani told reporters afterwards that his talks with Assad focused on stopping the Israeli aggression and intensifying efforts for the restoration of the Palestinian rights.
"We made consultation about the raised plans in this field, ...We stressed to get use of the international capabilities to stop this Israeli aggression on Gaza so that these crimes will not be repeated by Israel everyday," he said.
Over 700 have been killed and more than 3,000 others wounded in Gaza since Israel launched airstrikes against Gaza on Dec. 27 and ground operations on Jan. 3 in retaliation for rocket attacks by Gaza militants led by Hamas.
Source:Xinhua
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