A-Azhar Calls for World Leaders’ Efforts to End Russia-Ukraine War
In a statement released in Arabic and English, Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb also called on world leaders and international institutions to support peaceful solutions to the conflict, elkalimanews.com reported.
He stressed that wars will only bring more killing, destruction and hatred to the world.
El-Tayyeb added that differences can be resolved only through dialogue.
Many world leaders, including religious leaders, have called on Moscow and Kiev to resolve their issues diplomatically.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced the launch of an operation to eliminate what he called a serious threat to his country, citing the need to “denazify” Ukraine and accusing its Western-backed leadership of genocide against Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine.
Western countries have announced a barrage of sanctions on Russia, including blacklisting its banks and banning technology exports. But they have stopped short of forcing it out of the SWIFT system for international bank payments, because it would harm their own economies.
At the United Nations, Russia vetoed a draft Security Council resolution deploring its operation.
