UAE reaffirms its commitment to supporting the Palestinian people
- Last updated: March 23, 2024 | 22:25
Gulf Today, Staff Reporter
The UAE affirmed its firm commitment to the brotherly Palestinian people, and its solidarity and firm commitment to supporting the residents of the Gaza Strip during these difficult times.
This came during the participation of Reem Bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation, in the Ministerial Conference on the Humanitarian Sea Corridor for the Gaza Strip, which was held in Cyprus, in the presence of Dr. Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, and Sigrid Kaag, Senior United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator and reconstruction in Gaza, the United Nations Office for Project Services, the United Nations World Food Program and the World Health Organization, along with a number of representatives of countries and international organizations.
Al Hashemi said that the UAE, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, is working to support the Palestinian brothers and provide them with humanitarian aid, and will remain committed to working with all concerned international parties to deliver relief support to affected civilians in Gaza. Through various means, including activating the sea corridor, which is considered a lifeline for the people of Gaza, to deliver aid to the people who need it most, especially in the areas of northern Gaza, and to be a complementary crossing to the existing land crossings.
Al Hashemi stated that the UAE achieved a historic precedent by sending the first ship carrying 200 tons of food aid in cooperation with the World Central Kitchen organization to northern Gaza, and it will continue to work to strengthen these humanitarian efforts to ensure that aid arrives in an effective and fair manner.
Al Hashemi explained that resolving this crisis requires a long-term ceasefire and a concrete plan to resume political dialogue, achieve a two-state solution, and establish an independent, sovereign Palestinian state.
It is worth noting that the UAE, under the guidance of its wise leadership, continues its humanitarian efforts to provide relief to the Palestinian brothers in Gaza, and launches humanitarian initiatives, including Operation “The Gallant Knight 3”, as it provided more than 25 thousand tons of relief, humanitarian, food and medical aid by operating three ships and 216 aircraft.
Moving approximately 1,000 trucks. It also included the establishment of a field hospital in Gaza, a floating hospital in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish, and receiving hundreds of medical cases to receive medical care and treatment in state hospitals based on the initiative launched by His Highness the President, “may God protect him” to treat 1,000 injured children from the Gaza Strip and 1,000 from Cancer patients, in addition to providing safe drinking water through the establishment of desalination plants that provide 1.2 million gallons per day.