Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday called on the United Nations to take a move to make Israel to stop strikes on Gaza Strip, the official SANA news agency reported.
Assad made the call in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on the "grave situation" in Gaza, said the report.
Assad and Ban "discussed the need for the UN Security Council to move and take a resolution that compels Israel to immediately stop its aggression on Gaza, lift the siege and open crossing points," it added.
It was the second telephone conversation between Assad and Ban since the Jewish state launched intensive air raids on the strip last Saturday.
Assad received a call from Ban last Sunday in which the Syrian president called upon the UN "to assume its responsibilities to secure the immediate stop of the Israeli massacres" in Gaza Strip.
Also on Friday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem received telephone calls from his British and Spanish counterparts David Miliband and Miguel Angel Moratinos on the "dangerous situation" in Gaza, SANA said.
"Talks during the phone calls dealt with proposed viewpoints to reach an immediate halt to the Israeli aggression on Gaza, lift the siege on the strip and open crossing points to allow the flow of human and medical needs to the Palestinians," said the report.
On Saturday, Syria would send the second aid convoy to Gaza "to support the struggle of the Palestinian people who are exposed to a terrorist aggression by the Israeli occupation forces," SANA said.
The convoy consists of 11 trucks loaded with 200 tons of nutritional, medical and first aid materials, it added.
The first Syrian aid convoy including 50 tons of medical and nutritional materials went to Gaza on Monday.
Israel has been carrying out unprecedented airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since last Saturday, leaving 432 people killed and some 2,200 wounded, and destroying Hamas buildings, houses and mosques.
Source: Xinhua
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