Iran urges Egypt, Syria to confront Israel
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Special to World Tribune.com
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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