United Nations, July 26 (IANS) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been in intense discussions with a number of key interlocutors, including Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry and US Secretary of State John Kerry, to build support for a possible ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, a UN spokesperson said Friday. On the secretary general's diplomatic efforts in the region, Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesperson, said at a daily briefing that Ban had also spoken by phone with the foreign ministers of Turkey and Qatar to see what kind of pressure could be brought on all side to obtain a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a radical militant group in Gaza
07-26-2014, 05:51 AM
UN chief in talks on possible Middle East truce
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