Islamabad:
Foreign Ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meet in Jeddah this week for an extraordinary session to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and prepare a common reaction after US President Donald Trump suggested moving Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar will travel to the Kingdom of Saudi -Arabia to participate in the extraordinary session in the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), which will take place on March 7, Jeddah.
The high-level meeting is gathering foreign ministers and senior officials from the OIC Member States to discuss common actions in response to the deteriorating conditions of Palestine because of the ongoing Israeli aggression, violations of Palestinian rights and calls for their shift.
“As a strong supporter of the Palestinian case, Pakistan has consistently highlighted this issue on various international platforms,” reads a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Tuesday.
It said on the upcoming OIC-CFM session, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister would confirm Pakistan’s steadfast support for the Palestinian case and emphasize its principle attitude.
He would advocate for the full withdrawal of Israel from all occupied territories, including Jerusalem, condemn the unacceptable proposal for further displacement of Palestinians and call for the restoration of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, such as their right to return to their homeland and the establishment of a viable, connected and sovereign Palestinian State based on before-Jan. al-Sharif as its capital.
On the sidelines of OIC-CFM, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with colleagues from important OIC Member States.
At the forefront of the extraordinary meeting of OIC, Arab leaders gathered in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss the Palestinian question and the foreign proposal from US President Donald Trump in Gaza.
Arab leaders were expected to ratify an Egyptian proposal that would involve spending $ 53 billion to rebuild Gaza without, as Trump has suggested, moving Palestinians out of the strip, according to a preliminary draft of the proposal.
The proposal also calls for a selection of technocrats and other figures that are not affiliated with Hamas in charge of the territory for the first period of six months, according to the New York Times, which has seen the Egyptian draft proposal.
The Arab Summit was summoned in response to Mr. Last month, Trump’s proposal to expel Palestinians from Gaza, send them to Egypt and Jordan and transform the territory into a tourist hub – an idea that much of the world has rejected as a tantalized ethnic cleansing.
Egypt, Jordan and other Arab allies in the United States have pushed back on the plan and say it would destroy any remaining hope of a Palestinian state and destabilize the entire region.
Trump seemed to soften his position recently and said he “didn’t forced” his Gaza idea on anyone. But the Arab world remains deeply concerned. Adding these concerns is the uncertainty of the ceasefire in Gaza, which has been paving the blood emit there for six weeks and seen Israel and Hamas exchanges Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages.
