UK's Brown Urges Israeli PM Olmert To Accept Cease Fire
Brown also spoke to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, pressing him and the Israeli leader "for the specific measures necessary to deliver a full and sustainable ceasefire, in line with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1860 agreed last week," a spokesman for the premier said.
"The situation in Gaza is of increasing concern, and the prime minister has been deeply troubled by the scenes of terrible suffering," the spokesman said.
Brown urged the Israeli government "to fully respect their international humanitarian commitments," as its army fought street battles with Hamas fighters in Gaza's main city on the 18th day of its incursion into the territory.
The death toll from the war is near 1,000.
Brown is also urging Arab leaders to "say more clearly that Hamas must disarm," the spokesman said. He said the prime minister would talk Wednesday to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
-Dow Jones Newswires, 201-938-5500
Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/access/al?rnd=yl3e0jP09cP315g3He22hA%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
Publié le 13 janvier 2009 Copyright © 2009 Dowjones
Partager sur:
