Israel’s foreign minister criticises Guterres, says he ‘does not deserve to be UN head’
Israel’s foreign minister Eli Cohen has been speaking at the UN in Geneva, where he appeared to criticise both the Red Cross and UN chief Antonio Guterres.
“Guterres does not deserve to be the head of the United Nations,” Cohen told a news conference. “Guterres does not promote any peace process in the region,” he said – and suggested he was too close to Iran.
On the Red Cross – who he met with, as well as the World Health Organization – Cohen said it “should be more loud and clear with its statement and with the pressure” to release hostages.
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross repeated her commitment to working to release hostages, as they met families of those taken.
Posting on social media after the gathering, Mirjana Spoljaric said: “The hostages must immediately be released. ICRC will not stop working to gain access to them: and we need agreements to be reached that allow us to work.”
BBC
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