Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Foreign Minister, discussed humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip and ways to increase the flow of relief aid without obstacles to meet the needs of civilians in the sector.
The discussion took place with the United Nations Senior Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Reconstruction in Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, during a phone call on Tuesday, according to the Emirates News Agency (WAM).
The two sides reviewed the developments of the maritime corridor initiative to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and its vital role in providing a sustainable humanitarian response to the Palestinian people.
They also touched upon the current developments in the region and regional and international efforts to achieve a sustainable ceasefire to protect the lives of all civilians and intensify humanitarian support for the residents of the sector.
During the call, Al Nahyan reiterated the UAE’s full support for the significant efforts of the UNSenior Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Reconstruction in Gaza to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in the sector adequately and without obstacles.
He also reaffirmed the UAE’s full commitment to cooperate with the UN Senior Coordinators for Humanitarian Affairs and all countries and stakeholders in the maritime corridor initiative to provide a sustainable channel for delivering humanitarian aid to northern Gaza.
He emphasized the importance of the UN‘s role in partnership with relevant parties in the international community to end extremism, tension, and violence in the region, provide protection for all civilians, and secure urgent and necessary humanitarian relief for the Palestinian people to alleviate their suffering.
