Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim conveyed this during his phone calls with Iranian president Dr Masoud Pezeshkian and member of Hamas’s political bureau Dr Basem Naim yesterday before leaving for a working visit to India.

“One of the key points of discussion was Turkey’s proposal to convene an emergency session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to mobilise the leaders of the Islamic world in exerting intensified pressure on the United States and its allies, urging them to compel the Zionist Israeli regime to immediately cease its attacks and bombings in Gaza.

“Alhamdulillah, the Iranian government and Hamas are in agreement and expressed their support for this initiative, including a shared consensus on extending invitations to non-Muslim nations that stand for justice and human rights for the Palestinian people, such as South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal,” Anwar said in a Facebook post today.

He said he, Masoud and Basem believe that any meaningful progress towards peace requires an unconditional cessation of all military actions and acts of aggression against the Palestinian people by the Israelis.