Abdelatty and Sigrid Kaag, UN senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, discussed ways to ease the crisis NEW YORK CITY: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty emphasized the importance of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and removing all Israeli obstacles that impede aid access into the besieged Palestinian territory. Abdelatty and Sigrid Kaag, UN senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, discussed ways to ease the crisis during a meeting in New York. The talks took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York. Abdelatty praised the close cooperation between the UN and the Egyptian Red Crescent. The cooperation aims to facilitate and expedite aid access into the Gaza Strip in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 2720. Welcoming the UN official, the minister declared Egypt’s continued provision of support to enable her to carry out the tasks of her mandate under the UN resolution. Abdelatty emphasized the importance of all countries cooperating with the UN senior coordinator to complete the necessary procedures for the UN mechanism to operate as soon as possible. He stressed the need to update the Security Council transparently and clearly on the developments related to setting up the mechanism and the extent of countries’ cooperation with Kaag in carrying out the mandate entrusted to her by the council.