Malaysia, New Zealand PMs call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon said on Monday (Sept 2) that they were united in calling for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict in Gaza and finding a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.  Luxon, who is on a three-day visit to Malaysia, said the two countries had different positions on Hamas but were working towards finding a peaceful resolution in the region.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Well, look, we may have differences around Hamas, but what we are saying is that we are

00:29very united on is that we need to see an immediate ceasefire in that region.

00:33I actually had the Prime Minister of Qatar, as you'll be aware, come and visit with me

00:37in Wellington a couple of weeks ago.

00:39He's right in the middle with Egypt and the U.S. actually trying to get both parties to

00:42the table, and that's exactly what's needed here.

00:45And the Prime Minister's seen our statements that we've put out with both Canada and Australia

00:49as tripartite statements, and we've done three now calling for that immediate ceasefire.

00:54But look, we may have differences on those things, but the reality is when you think

00:57about transnational organised crime, those are issues affecting both of our countries.

01:02There's huge opportunities to deal with that.

01:05We both are all very conscious of the rise of violent extremism and also wanting to maintain

01:09social cohesion in what are increasingly multicultural societies, and those are things that we will

01:15continue to work hard at.

01:16You know, there's 195 countries in the world who don't agree on everything with each other

01:20either.

01:21That's quite normal.

01:22But I can tell you we have no closer friend in Asia than Malaysia.

01:25That's a long-standing relationship that goes back many, many decades.

01:28And what we're determined to do is to continue to find the common ground to work and progress

01:32the things that we can do together, of which there is many, many things.

01:36But we both are very united in calling for an immediate ceasefire, getting the parties

01:40around the negotiating table, and ultimately finding a two-state solution.

01:44I mean, in fact, I did acknowledge and express my appreciation for the latest statement issued

01:52by New Zealand, together with other partners, on the need to immediately implement a ceasefire

02:00and find an amicable, peaceful resolution.

02:04My position must have been made clear, and it's good, because then there's an opportunity

02:07to express our position, why we take that position, because the atrocities happened

02:13from 1947-48, and you can't preclude that and erase that part of history.

02:21But atrocities must end from any quarters that we share.

02:25This is our opposition, and 40,000 people killed by one party, and they are not terrorists.

02:32There is also a problem to then engage.

02:36But what is more important, and I agree fully with the Prime Minister, is that what is the

02:41solution now?

02:42What do we need to do now?

02:44It is to support all efforts to secure an immediate ceasefire.

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