NEW DELHI: In one other balancing act on the Israel-Hamas battle, international minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday and underlined the significance of efforts to forestall the scenario from deteriorating additional and to make sure humanitarian support for Palestine.
“Mentioned the grave scenario in West Asia and the priority of the worldwide neighborhood.Conveyed the significance of stopping escalation and offering humanitarian assist. Agreed to remain in contact,” statedJaishankar on X .
Jaishankar didn’t point out the difficulty of terrorism whereas placing out the main points of his dialog. India has strongly condemned the October 7 strikes by
Hamas on Israel as terrorist assaults and each PM Narendra Modi and Jaishankar have reiterated the identical of their engagements with leaders on the battle. Iran, nevertheless, stays a key abroad benefactor of Hamas and its state media confirmed Sunday that the supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei, had met Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
Haniyeh was stated to have briefed Khamenei in regards to the newest developments within the Gaza Strip and “the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza, in addition to the developments within the West Financial institution”. Khamenei “emphasised Tehran’s constant coverage of supporting the Palestinian resistance forces in opposition to the Zionist occupiers”.
In a dialog with Jaishankar on Saturday, Israel international minister Eli Cohen had described Hamas as a despicable terrorist organisation worse than ISIS. Regardless of their shut cooperation on safety points, there’s a basic distinction between the positions India and Israel have on terrorism. Whereas Israel sees Iran because the fountainhead of all terrorism, India’s international coverage has that characterisation reserved just for Pakistan.