Aid for people in Gaza must begin quickly, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in Paris on Thursday. "We are ready to provide humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip immediately," he said at the hastily convened conference of several foreign ministers from European and Arab states. Action must be taken swiftly because "thousands of people are still under threat there." Wadephul had left a high-level meeting of foreign ministers on the Western Balkans in Belfast, Northern Ireland, earlier than planned to travel to the French capital. While still in Belfast, he commented on his proposal made earlier in the week to host a reconstruction conference together with Egypt. "This will, however, have to be a politically broader conference that also outlines the political framework for the Gaza Strip and, of course, always keeps in mind that there will ultimately have to be a two-state solution," he said. Johann Wadephul arriving for a visit in IsraelJohann Wadephul arriving for a visit in Israel German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul wants to organize a reconstruction conference for the Gaza Strip together with Egypt, but details have yet to be determinedImage: Soeren