Arab leaders meeting at a summit in Baghdad yesterday urged the international community to press for a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel launched an expanded military offensive in the Palestinian territory.
In a joint final statement, Arab League members also called for funding to back their Gaza reconstruction plan, after US President Donald Trump reiterated a proposal to take over the Strip.
The Arab leaders called ‘on the international community... to exert pressure to end the bloodshed and ensure that urgent humanitarian aid can enter without obstacles to all areas in need in Gaza’.
They added that they ‘firmly’ rejected any plans to displace Palestinians.
Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif Al Zayani headed Bahrain’s delegation to the summit.
He noted that the summit had convened amid complex regional and international challenges, and underscored the need to uphold the principles outlined in the Bahrain Declaration and the Charter of the Arab League.
He stressed the importance of continuing efforts to reach peaceful and consensual solutions to the crises affecting many Arab countries.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to ‘apply all necessary efforts... for a ceasefire’.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres told the summit that ‘we need a permanent ceasefire, now’.
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