During a phone call with Modi on Monday, Raeisi said that Iran advocates any global collective effort for an immediate ceasefire, lifting the blockade and providing humanitarian aid to the oppressed Palestinians.
He underlined that atrocities in Gaza made people around the globe angry and if the massacre continues, it will have transregional ramifications.
Referring to the recent crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza, President Raisi noted that Palestinian resistance groups have a legitimate right to confront the occupation of the usurping regime.
All countries should support the Palestinian people's fight to reach freedom from oppression, he underscored.
He described the US as a key accomplice in the committed crimes in Gaza due to its all-out financial, military, and intelligence support for the Zionist regime, as well as its veto at Security Council resolutions to end the bombing of Gaza.
Touching on the Indian nation’s history of fights against Western colonialism and its position as one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement in the world, Raeisi underlined that India is expected to leverage all its capacities to end Zionist crime against the oppressed people in Palestine.
The Iranian President termed Iran-India ties as strategic and stressed the need to plan for bolstering cooperation and redressing backwardness in this regard.
Narendra Modi, for his part, condemned the Zionist regime’s atrocities in Gaza and hailed the Iranian President’s supportive stances in explaining developments in Palestine transparent way.
"India insists on stopping these attacks and reopening the crossings to send humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza," Modi said.
He pointed out that India emphasizes stopping the heinous attacks in Gaza and reopening the crossings to send humanitarian aid to the affected people in the Gaza war.
Referring to the diplomatic efforts to end the bombardment on Gaza and also to prevent the spread of the crisis to other parts of the region, the Prime Minister of India said that "today we all have a duty to do everything we can to end the killing of women and children in Gaza and to help them. In this regard, we consider the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran to be very important and effective."
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