Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made a telephone call today to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. During the telephone conversation, they discussed the deteriorating situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the continuous Israeli aggressions against the Gaza Strip. Sheikh Abdullah also made a telephone call to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Quartet Representative Tony Blair. Sheikh Abdullah affirmed during the telephone conversations the UAE's support for Egypt's efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.