A spokesman from Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday that the city state is "utterly appalled" by Iranian President's comment on the solution to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

"Such irresponsible and provocative statements are obviously intended only to further inflame the conflict and not address either the immediate humanitarian needs or the longer term goal of a durable solution that will address the security concerns of all parties," the statement said.

"The situation in Lebanon is very grave. The urgent immediate need is to secure humanitarian relief for the civilian casualties, "it added.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at an emergency meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) held in Malaysia Thursday that the main solution to the Israel- Hezbollah conflict is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, according to the statement.

Source: Xinhua