Soure: Chile’s president calls for action to address humanitarian crisis in Gaza at G20 summit
by Sinan Dogan
November 19, 2024Chilean President Gabriel Boric used his address at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to urge world leaders to take action to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
“The grave humanitarian crisis we are experiencing today, which profoundly affects us, exposes millions of people to the consequences of war,” Boric said, referring to Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
Boric called for international collaboration to address inequality, migration and food security.
“The same applies to the conflict in the Gaza Strip,” he said. “We do not shy away from reiterating our position.”
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Some notes to observe.
President Boric of Chile is a leftist president in Chile, where Palestinian-Chileans (Chilestinos) have a lot of political clout.
The Anadolu Agency, the source of this story, is a Turkish news agency. Turkey has an Islamic culture; and its President Erdogan is considered semi-dictatorial, and has turned Turkey against Israel. Press freedom is limited. So take that into account.