Malaysia committed to rebuilding Gaza, says Foreign Minister

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Aiding the rebuilding of Gaza is not placing international plight over Malaysians’ needs, says Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.  Responding to Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (PH-Ledang) in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (Feb 4), Mohamad noted that Japan and South Korea had invited Malaysia to co-chair the Conference on Cooperation Among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (Ceapad), highlighting the country’s role in regional cooperation.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mvyb22xu  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thank you, Prime Minister. Thank you, Minister, for your answer earlier.

00:04I would like to congratulate the government of Malaysia

00:07for their continued efforts to liberate and defend the fate of the Palestinian people.

00:13My additional question is,

00:15apart from the efforts that have been made,

00:18we also know that there are several parties

00:21who say that Malaysia should focus on the internal problems of the country

00:26rather than helping the undetermined development of Palestine.

00:30So, what is the government's plan as a co-manager of Japan

00:35under the framework of a cooperation agreement between East Asia

00:40for the development of Palestine or CPEC?

00:42What is the development?

00:44And how do we respond to the several parties who said what I said earlier?

00:49Honourable Minister.

00:51Honourable President. Thank you, comrade Ledang.

00:54It is true what some people said when the Honourable Minister said that

00:59Malaysia will work together to rebuild Gaza.

01:05Yes, that is Palestine, that is true.

01:06Last week, there were people who said that

01:11it is like a calf in the forest being breastfed while a child at home is starving.

01:17A child at home is not starving, that is true.

01:19And we don't even breastfeed a calf in the forest.

01:22This is the responsibility of our nation.

01:24Malaysia is a country that from the beginning,

01:28from the beginning of the establishment of the Zionist regime,

01:32Malaysia has expressed its opposition to that.

01:36And we support the establishment of a free Palestine.

01:42It has been 70 years, that is true.

01:45And we are proud of the nature or cooperation of East Asia

01:49in the reconstruction of Palestine,

01:53which is an effort of the whole country.

01:56The Japanese government has asked Malaysia to be a co-chair

02:02to hold a hearing in the office of the official first,

02:08so that the deadline for the hearing in July is started.

02:14We will try to hold it in March or April.

02:20We are a member of ASEAN countries,

02:24except for Myanmar and East Leicester,

02:28we are not a member.

02:30And Korea, Japan and Palestine.

02:32Korea and Japan are the main supporters,

02:36which is in cooperation with East Asia in the reconstruction of Palestine.

02:41So, Malaysia is given as a respect to hold this meeting.

02:48This attitude was established in 2013 by Japan and its fellow countries.

02:55All ASEAN countries, except for Myanmar and East Leicester,

03:00do not support it.

03:01So, this is a respect to us.

03:04It is not that we want to rebuild Gaza.

03:07It is not easy and it is not cheap.

03:10But we will bring the countries together.

03:14We will bring the countries from the South-South bloc together.

03:19Many Western countries have said that they want this to be done.

03:26And we take this opportunity to be a co-host between Malaysia and Japan.

03:34To make sure,

03:36Alhamdulillah, the temporary ceasefire has been achieved.

03:41We hope that this ceasefire will be maintained

03:44and the reconstruction of Palestine, especially Gaza, must be done.

03:50And we do not agree, Mr. President.

03:52That is a suggestion to send out the Palestinians from their countries.

03:57To send them to Egypt, Jordan and others.

04:02The Palestinians themselves do not want to leave their lands.

04:05And what we need to do is

04:08to think together on how to rebuild Palestine

04:14and which will take a long time.

04:16Thank you, Mr. President.

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