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Iran urges Egypt, Syria to confront Israel

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MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Friday, August 17, 2001

NICOSIA Ñ Iran has called on Egypt and Syria to stop Israel in the current war against the Palestinians.

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi called on his Syrian and Egyptian counterparts to adopt what he termed "urgent and effective mechanisms" to stop Israeli attacks on the Palestinian Authority. Kharazi did not elaborate.

Iran does not recognize Israel's right to exist and has increased support to Lebanon's Hizbullah movement as well as to the Palestinians in the war against Israel.

Kharazi discussed the escalating conflict between Israel and the PA with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk A-Shaara. Kharazi, in a phone conversation with his counterparts on Wednesday, called the regional situation tense and urged for an Arab and Islamic effort against Israel.

"The European Union and the United Nations Security Council take this sensitive issue seriously," Kharazi was quoted as telling the foreign ministers by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

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