NOURNEWS- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, saying that the forced displacement by the Israeli regime of Palestinians in the besieged territory is a clear example of “ethnic cleansing.”
In a meeting with Japan's Foreign Minister Yōko Kamikawa in Tokyo on Monday, Bagheri Kani condemned the war crimes and genocide perpetrated by the Zionist regime in Gaza.
He emphasized that displacing the people of Gaza within and beyond its borders is a clear example of ethnic cleansing and must be immediately stopped.
“The international community, including Japan, is expected to take further actions in this regard and to, provide immediate humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza,” the deputing foreign minister added.
Bagheri Kani is in Tokyo for a consultative committee of deputy foreign ministers of Iran and Japan.
Kamikawa, for her part, stressed the importance of meetings between deputy foreign ministers to promote bilateral relations between the two countries.
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