Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for stronger cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to help bring about an early end to the conflict between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip.
As reported by the news site Malay Mail, speaking to reporters after performing Aidiladha prayers at Masjid Putra on June 7, Anwar said that regional and international collective efforts are crucial to ending the prolonged conflict and the suffering of the Palestinian people.
“We’ve conveyed our stance, but this cannot be the effort of just one country. As we saw in recent engagements with Gulf nations, there is a shared consensus.
“So ASEAN, the Gulf states, and a few other countries can come together to provide a clear message and exert strong pressure on the world to put a stop to it,” he said as quoted by the news site.
He was responding to the US's use of its veto power on a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid./
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