By NNN-KUNA,
London : Britain said late Saturday that the “unfolding events in Gaza show the urgent need for the immediate ceasefire that we have called for.”
In a statement following the Israeli incursion into Gaza, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the escalation of the conflict will cause alarm and dismay.
He stressed that intensive diplomatic efforts to find a solution continue.
The EU troika will visit the region tomorrow, as will French President Nicholas Sarkozy, the minister added.
The statement said Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Miliband himself remain in very close contact with Britain’s EU, US and Middle Eastern colleagues.
“We are determined to work as quickly as possible for a durable ceasefire which must include an end to the smuggling of arms into Gaza and the opening of the Gaza crossings,” the minister said.
“The UK believes that the crisis in the Middle East matters to the whole world. The only sustainable basis for delivering security and justice for Israelis and Palestinians, is the vision of two states living in peace side by side, supported by the rest of the region,” the foreign secretary went on.