Foreign Minister Winston Peters to call for ceasefire in Gaza

picture id="4KYF9KI_231206_10_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters is expected, later today, to call on all parties involved in the Gaza conflict - including countries with influence in the region - to "take urgent steps towards establishing a ceasefire".

Parliament's agenda for this afternoon states that Peters will ask Parliament to express grave concern at the ongoing violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

He will also "unequivocally condemn" the Hamas terror attacks of 7 October and call for the release of all hostages.

Peters will also move that Parliament recognises Israel's right to defend itself acting in accordance with international law and that all civilians be protected from armed conflict.

More to come...