The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) will be in Cairo on Thursday to discuss with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the spokesman for António Guterres announced on Tuesday. .
Currently in China, Guterres will be received on Thursday in the Egyptian capital by Sissi and “other” leaders to discuss “the current situation in the region”, that is, the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the spokesman declared. The head of the UN, Stéphane Dujarric, during a press conference.
The former Portuguese prime minister is also expected to speak on Saturday during an international conference hosted by the Egyptian president, Dujarric said.
The spokesman did not indicate whether the secretary general will also visit Israel and other Middle Eastern countries.
Guterres will essentially discuss the provision of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
“To deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need safe crossing points. We cannot move humanitarian trucks and convoys in the midst of shelling,” Dujarric said.
“There are currently intense discussions in which we are engaged with a number of stakeholders to try to provide basic humanitarian assistance as quickly as possible: food, water and medicine are urgently needed,” the spokesperson stressed.
There is a lack of water and food for the 2.4 million inhabitants of Gaza, who are also deprived of electricity, following the siege imposed by Israel on October 9 on the small Palestinian territory, already subject to a land, sea and air blockade by Hamas. . He took power in 2007.
US President Joe Biden travels to Israel on Wednesday in “solidarity” after the bloody Hamas attack on October 7, but also to negotiate a humanitarian plan for the Gaza Strip.
Source: TSF
