New Delhi: During the meeting between PM Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in New Delhi on Friday, the October 7 attack on Israel was condemned. India and Germany issued a joint statement terming the massacre on Israel as a terrorist attack by Hamas and strongly condemned it. Let us tell you that Hamas terrorists had carried out a major terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which about 1200 Israelis were killed. During this period, Hamas terrorists had taken 238 Israelis hostage.
Frustrated by this terrorist attack by Hamas, Israel is still carrying out fierce air strikes in Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to completely destroy Hamas in Gaza and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon. So far, hundreds of commanders and terrorists, including both Hamas chiefs Ismail Haniya alias Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, have been killed in the Israeli attack. Apart from this, the Israeli army had also killed Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Hashim Saffieddin in Lebanon.
Use and threat of nuclear weapons unacceptable
During their meeting, PM Modi and Olaf Scholz expressed deep concern over the tragic humanitarian consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war that has been going on for almost two and a half years. PM Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz issued a joint statement expressing deep condolences on the war in Ukraine and its tragic humanitarian consequences. Along with this, India-Germany jointly described the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons as unacceptable. The two leaders reiterated the need for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in accordance with international law, consistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and including respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Also noted the “negative impacts” of the war in Ukraine on global food and energy security, particularly for developing and least developed countries. “The two leaders agreed that the use or threat of use” of nuclear weapons in the context of war is “unacceptable,” it said.
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