Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has arrived in the Algerian capital to take part in a meeting of the world’s leading natural gas producers and to enhance the Islamic Republic’s cooperation with regional and international alliances.
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour has appealed to the Security Council to condemn the loss of more than 100 Palestinian lives and injury of nearly 700 individuals in an Israeli attack on a crowd waiting for food in Gaza City.
Unsurprisingly, the United States has once again vetoed a UN resolution that calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Algeria requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to vote on a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, a move the United States - a Council veto power – has pledged to veto.
Dozens of Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been martyred in new Israeli attacks targeting civilian infrastructure in northern Gaza, including a school hosting displaced people.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called on the United Nations (UN) to hold a special session to vote on granting full state membership to Palestine.
President Ebrahim Raeisi has expressed the Islamic Republic’s willingness to expand bilateral relations with Algeria, saying the mutual cooperation between the two countries can serve the interests of both nations as well as the Muslim world.
Iran has called for a virtual meeting between speakers of all Islamic Parliaments to come up with practical solutions to put an end to all forms of desecration against Muslim sanctities, especially the Holy Qur'an.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran is determined to improve bilateral cooperation with Algeria in various fields, particularly in the economic, trade and tourism sectors.
The speakers of the parliaments of Iran and Algeria weighed plans to enhance regional and international cooperation between the two countries.