Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad al-Malki, briefed his British counterpart, James Cleverly, on the official Palestinian position with regard to all the events currently taking place between Palestine and Israel, and discussed ways to avoid further deterioration.

During a telephone call, the two ministers exchanged views regarding the priorities required to be undertaken to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, reach a truce, open humanitarian corridors, bring in humanitarian assistance and provide it with food, water, medicine, fuel, and other basic human needs.

They further stressed during the call the necessity of preventing the recurrence of such a situation, by opening a political horizon that allows the return to the political process.

The two ministers agreed to continue making efforts, each in his own way, to reduce the severity of the violence and stop it, protect the lives of civilians, facilitate the smooth and permanent entry of humanitarian aid to the entire Strip, stop the terrorism of Israeli colonists in the occupied West Bank, as well as to prevent further military incursions of Palestinian residential communities in the West Bank.

Both parties also agreed to continue bilateral and multilateral work, in order to achieve these goals in the near future and to maintain bilateral communication due to its importance at this stage.

T.R.