Pezeshkian of Iran tells Scholz, others to end genocide in Gaza instead of backing Israel

 

IRAN – President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian has called on European countries, particularly Germany to play an effective role in bringing an end to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza  Strip instead of supporting the regime.

“The people of the world expect European countries, especially Germany, to play an effective role in ending the Zionist genocide in Gaza instead of supporting this regime”.

Pezeshkian, who was speaking on phone with the German Chancellor Olaf Sholtz,  added that people across the globe have such expectation at a time when the Israeli regime is going ahead with its genocide in Gaza and has carried out terrorist acts in other countries, which is in violation of international law and is posing serious challenges to security in the West Asia region and to global peace.

According to the Iranian President, maintaining regional and global peace, security and stability is among core policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

He told the German President that his country considers it as a duty to abide by international law and regulations.

As he put it, while Iran welcomes expansion of interactions with all countries and stresses the need for resolving problems through negotiations, it will not give in to pressure, sanctions, bullying and aggression; rather it considers it a right to respond to aggressors based on international rules, he added.

The Iranian president also said that his country intends to boost relations with all European countries, including Germany, based on friendship and mutual respect as well as joint trust-building measures.

He said that Germany is willing and ready to expand relations with Iran in all fields.

Sholtz also said that establishment of peace and security in West Asia is a priority of German policy on that region.

He said the war in Gaza should come to an end immediately and that a ceasefire must be established there, he added.